jump
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In a typical month, around 4,500 people leave jails - so the first year of the scheme will see an 8% jump in releases.
From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026
For example, the biggest quarterly gain ever for the 10-year Treasury yield was a more than 2-percentage-point jump in the first three months of 1980 to around 12.6%, according to Dow Jones Market Data.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 30, 2026
The BOE’s twice-yearly survey of 57 firms found that 63% were worried about the risks arising from AI, a jump from 31% at the start of the year.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026
Following the announcement, Julius Baer saw its share price jump 7.23 percent shortly before closing, to 76.76 francs each, while the Swiss stock market's broader SPI index was up just 0.01 percent.
From Barron's ● Sep. 29, 2026
A voice at my shoulder made me jump, almost launching every loose bead on the table into the air.
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
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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
“She’s looking at me and her eyes are opening ... she’s looking at me and she smiles or something and it’s the cutest thing. My heart like jumps out of its chest.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 29, 2026
Next, Harold, “duke of the English,” sails for France and jumps barelegged into the surf.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 26, 2026
Bono jumps in to save his friend's embarrassment….
From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2026
I’m closing in on the wall, ten meters to go, and when my hands slam into it and Coach jumps up, thrusting his fist in the air, I know I’ve done it.
From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam
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Hayun said he then jumped back into the cockpit and "started pulling the controls".
From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026
The shares have jumped more than 30% in September but are on track for the first time back-to-back losses since mid-August.
From Barron's ● Sep. 28, 2026
Yields jumped and the Fed raised rates, but stocks generally held firm until May when investors started growing more concerned about the economic outlook.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 27, 2026
Also see: AI-related debt jumped 99% over the past year.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 27, 2026
“Cadet Mason,” came a voice behind me, and I jumped guiltily and immediately pulled my hand out of my pocket.
From "Glitch" by Laura Martin
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More than 100 women, many of them homemakers, are volunteer members of an initiative dubbed "Power of Mama", patrolling daily for smoke and flames and jumping in to put out fires when needed.
From Barron's ● Sep. 30, 2026
“It’s going to require both parties jumping off that cliff together,” said Faulkender.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 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
Duane, who was already dizzy from the jumping, was now finding the hare’s quick, clipped way of talking equally unbalancing, not to mention all the twitches and tics that accompanied her speech.
From "The Very, Very Far North" by Dan Bar-el
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