stump for
Example Sentences
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The game was turned on its head by the remarkable Sutherland, now the tournament's leading wicket-taker, who took out Jones' off stump for 18 and they turned the screw.
From BBC • Oct. 22, 2025
Trump played a large role in that election, too, visiting Montana repeatedly to stump for Rosendale, who lost by about 3.5 percentage points.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 15, 2024
Ms. Harris was part of a parade of Biden campaign surrogates who have trekked to South Carolina to stump for the president in a primary whose result is hardly in question.
From New York Times • Feb. 3, 2024
Rivas traveled the state to stump for them, something customarily done by the speaker.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 30, 2023
Knew an old man back in Illinois who lost his toes to frostbite, walked like he had a stump for a foot.
From "Worth" by A. LaFaye
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