bumps
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"I think it's fair to say there were some bumps in the road in the first couple of episodes," she says, "but they do appear to be very slowly relaxing into their new roles."
From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2026
Breakouts can look like milder, painless white bumps or dark specks known as whiteheads and blackheads, or more painful red bumps and deeper cysts — a mark of cystic acne.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2026
Mona transforms before our eyes from a diffident mother of two in an unhappy marriage into the star she always could be, though not without a few bumps in the road.
From Salon ● Oct. 12, 2026
Some economic shocks look like bumps in the road—tariffs, to which businesses adjust, or a war with Iran that raises oil prices temporarily.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 11, 2026
He could see his breath, but his bare arms didn’t have goose bumps.
From "Healer of the Water Monster" by Brian Young
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