jump up
Example Sentences
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“If it happens in the postseason that I jump up and I pop a five, awesome.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026
“It’s in there. That was huge. It was a big momentum swing to get out of that. Unfortunately it’s taxing though; it made him jump up in his pitch count a little bit.”
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2026
The situation has translated into drivers paying much more at the pump, with gas prices topping $4.00 a gallon on average in the U.S. — a jump up from under $3.00 a gallon in February.
From Salon • Apr. 24, 2026
"We'd have an exercise session in the morning, then there were badminton courts netted off for us. We'd shove weights about, and jump up and down and things like that," says Larter.
From BBC • Nov. 11, 2025
“I swanny to God, I seen one a-them cats jump up on Loma’s kitchen stove last night! Tiptoed across thet red-hot stove on his dang claws and et right out of the pot!”
From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns
