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[juhmp] / dʒʌmp /










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The weekly SoCal Day Pass, now $15, will cost $19 under the fare hike — a 27% jump.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2026

Seoul, however, was supported by another jump in chipmakers SK hynix and Samsung, while Sydney and Taipei were up, too.

From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026

Christine Idzelis compared this year’s jump in yields with previous periods of bond-market turmoil and considered whether bond investors are overshooting the mark as they anticipate further interest-rate increases by the Federal Reserve.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 2, 2026

But the same report signaled a jump in prices paid by producers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026

I just knew he would come boiling out from under that bank and jump right in my face—but he didn’t.

From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls

But this isn’t exactly a film one jumps at the chance to rewatch just for their edification.

From Salon ● Oct. 2, 2026

Inflation worries have been behind some of the large quarterly jumps in Treasury yields seen in the past — including in the early 1980s, when the Fed was fighting inflation with higher policy rates.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 30, 2026

Another voice jumps in, offering that LaVine is “hella fine, too.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 29, 2026

The financing package set aside funds for up to three years of potential delays before lease payments begin, at which point the developer’s forecast return jumps to 11%.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026

Suddenly, the sword jumps out of my hand.

From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer

As speculation swirled about why employees at OpenAI and Anthropic were speaking so freely about their personal beliefs, Korbak jumped into the public discourse.

From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026

The teaser revealed it was Star's suggestion to record Jolene in Welsh, which Lewis "jumped" at the chance to do, with Star then saying she would get her aunt involved too.

From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026

Financial advisers suggest examining workplace plans each year during open-enrollment periods in the fall to make sure favored doctors, drugs and hospitals are still covered and that costs haven’t jumped.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026

Immediately, the first word of the second paragraph of it was jumped on.

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026

I jumped off the sled to make it easier for the dogs.

From "Black Star, Bright Dawn" by Scott O'Dell

He took the cruiserweight title twice before jumping for AEW in 2018.

From Salon ● Oct. 2, 2026

Back home in Raleigh, N.C.—sitting in the drive-through line for Chick-fil-A or wherever—the rakish Amalfi would have high-schoolers jumping around like the early hominids in “2001: A Space Odyssey.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 26, 2026

So I don't think it's as simple as jumping to conclusions.

From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2026

As fire ripped through the apartment building, the stepfather of five paused to talk the unidentified pregnant woman out of jumping from the second-story window to the dirt and concrete below.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 2026

I scrubbed quickly with the soap, making sure my hair was wet all the way through before jumping back out and wrapping myself in a towel.

From "Glitch" by Laura Martin




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