stump
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The message is a frequent theme in Paxton’s stump speeches.
From Salon ● Aug. 14, 2026
Citrini predicts that investors will stump up fresh capital, making it “more likely now that Leopold causes the bottom than causes AI to continue going down.”
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 30, 2026
It was dead before he came along, according to his standard stump speech.
From Salon ● Jun. 26, 2026
Unlike a tree stump, which preserves rings from an organism's entire life, dinosaur bones provide only a partial record.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 22, 2026
After ten minutes of steady swimming, a huge stump swept past him, its roots extended like outstretched hands.
From "Earthquake Terror" by Peg Kehret
The 26-year-old, who took a career-best 6-55 in the first innings, bowled Jake Weatherald for 0 and Travis Head for 17 as both players chopped on to their stumps.
From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026
The gamble didn't pay off, though, as Australia made it through to stumps unscathed and went on to win a thrilling first Test at Edgbaston by two wickets.
From BBC ● Jul. 12, 2026
The detritus of war—tree stumps and abandoned equipment—is everywhere.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 2, 2026
The captain added 56 with Brook before becoming Foulkes' first victim, bowled by one that ripped back into the stumps.
From BBC ● Jun. 27, 2026
It fell from his shoulder after he had crossed the clearing, and as we ran away, I saw him pulling on the bag, which was stuck between tree stumps.
From "A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier" by Ishmael Beah
But so far she hasn’t stumped for him, instead lobbing veiled criticisms of Talarico’s efforts to win over Black voters.
From Slate ● Aug. 14, 2026
Last month, OpenAI announced that its latest version of ChatGPT had solved a major math problem, one that had stumped experts for 80 years.
From Slate ● Jun. 22, 2026
However she was denied a 10-wicket haul when Marianne Artur had Lindiwe Polaki, one of only three Lesotho batters to score a run, stumped to conclude the match.
From BBC ● Apr. 9, 2026
Celebrities including Brad Pitt and Diane Keaton stumped for the Zumthor design at the meeting, eclipsing the voices of many citizens who questioned the project — and the board voted unanimously to release the funds.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 8, 2026
For a terrible moment, I thought she was stumped.
From "The Battle of the Labyrinth" by Rick Riordan
A fiery second Test in that 2023 Ashes is remembered mainly for Bairstow's contentious stumping and the most un-Lord's-like of reactions from the fans in the aftermath.
From BBC ● Jul. 12, 2026
"But the fact that it's always been that way since the 90s would suggest that people keep stumping up the money for them," he added.
From BBC ● Apr. 25, 2026
“We call it stumping out—it means that your legs just give out and you collapse,” Rahlves said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 6, 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
An unsmiling woman in uniform, ticket booklet in hand, was stumping towards them when Ginika jumped in and started the car.
From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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