lump
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“We just had to take our lump on that one.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 10, 2026
This is comparable to the U.S., but the funds are managed by nonprofit industry trusts that convert accumulated savings into lifetime annuities rather than lump sums.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 1, 2026
For once, she said, she returned home from the shops "whole and calm, not as usual - scared, sweating from the horror and with a lump in my throat."
From BBC ● Oct. 29, 2026
Prudential recently found that two-thirds of Americans would choose a guaranteed monthly check for life over a lump sum.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 20, 2026
Which was what she should be doing now, instead of lying here like a lump.
From "I Survived the Great Molasses Flood, 1919" by Lauren Tarshis
Gen Z lumps together a 29-year-old nurse with a mortgage and a 14-year-old who still needs a ride to soccer practice.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026
The next morning, she woke up to a "horrible realisation", feeling itchy with red lumps over her body and blood spots smeared on the bedding — the tell-tale signs of bed bugs, she said.
From BBC ● Aug. 8, 2026
Stir the chocolate until it’s smooth with no lumps.
From Salon ● Jun. 20, 2026
Under a shed in north India, women scoop cow dung, lumps of unrefined sugar and flour to produce biofertiliser -- part of a growing effort to tackle anxieties over the supply of chemical fertilisers.
From Barron's ● Jun. 16, 2026
Great lumps of blue rock were scattered around, and dead trees stood everywhere like skeletons.
From "The BFG" by Roald Dahl
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