stump
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On the stump, she has been focused on affordability, centered on issues that are popular among many voters.
From Salon ● Oct. 21, 2026
Yet on the stump you might not know she’s ever heard of Chuck Schumer.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026
The Harris campaign said she also plans to stump for Pappas in New Hampshire on Oct.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 14, 2026
Like any good candidate, Vance is increasingly bringing his family on the stump.
From Barron's ● Oct. 10, 2026
I haul my body up off the stump and begin loping toward the school.
From "Wayward Creatures" by Dayna Lorentz
Sri Lanka were particularly effective with this against England in the Headingley ODI last month, bowling 69% of deliveries six metres from the stumps or fuller.
From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026
The supply chain bringing matsutake mushrooms from under the tree stumps of southwestern China to its fanciest hotels offers a window into the country’s logistical prowess.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 12, 2026
Tongue bowled with high pace and targeted the stumps – all four of his wickets were bowled or lbw.
From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2026
And it wasn't long before Jamie Porter became the sixth player to lose his stumps in the innings, wicket number five for a rampant Crocombe.
From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026
All the tree stumps had been dug up, and their holes filled in with dirt.
From "The Wild Robot" by Peter Brown
Stair-climbing has stumped the robotics field for decades, as the activity requires continuous center-of-gravity shifts and visual information processing.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 16, 2026
Meanwhile, Brown has stumped on his opposition to new data centres.
From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2026
Adam Harris Levine stood before the 18th-century painting, completely stumped.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 26, 2026
Reprieved lbw to Dan Lawrence he danced down the pitch and was stumped next ball.
From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026
“If you are stumped, you may take some time to study the masters.”
From "Speak" by Laurie Halse Anderson
That’s the pitch Sen. Bernie Sanders has been making while stumping for Mr. Jackson.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026
In a further sign of the times, this week, Harris endorsed El-Sayed and was stumping for him in Michigan.
From Slate ● Sep. 25, 2026
When former players invest in clubs, they are often buying a much smaller amount of shares and stumping up far less than their business partners.
From BBC ● Apr. 15, 2026
Australia wicketkeeper Alex Carey, who made a century in the first innings, had another good day with his quick hands stumping Crawley off Lyon.
From Barron's ● Dec. 20, 2025
This time, I was stumping for Hillary Clinton, Barack’s opponent in the brutal 2008 primary who’d gone on to become his loyal and effective secretary of state.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
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