jump

Example Sentences

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“While our instinct based on the fundamentals is to jump in and buy those that we think will be winners longer term, that seems very much like catching a falling knife at the moment.”

From MarketWatch

“I got a jump on things,” she says when I step outside.

From Literature

Miles above, the pen that had been steady a moment before jumped to life.

From Literature

It’s part of a pattern, he said, of federal officers jumping straight to use of force in situations that could have been de-escalated but instead create danger for both agents and their targets.

From Salon

“It’s not just work on the sport, not just to teach me the jumps,” said Carrillo, whose slender 5-foot-7 build and wide smile belie a fierce competitiveness that sometimes has been his worst enemy.

From Los Angeles Times