stump
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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
Healey said the government was only willing to stump an extra £10bn in additional funding, which he described as well short of what was needed.
From BBC ● Jun. 14, 2026
She wags her stump and then stops, sniffing the air.
From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen
Greaves had pushed the ball wide to the left-hander from over the wicket before he tailed a delivery back into Masood who played down the wrong line and inside edged on to his stumps.
From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026
The detritus of war—tree stumps and abandoned equipment—is everywhere.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 2, 2026
Different players have stepped up with important contributions across the series: Glenn Phillips and Daryl Mitchell with the bat, Matt Henry with the ball and Tom Blundell behind the stumps.
From BBC ● Jun. 29, 2026
Replays showed the ball hit his front pad first and would have gone on to hit the stumps, yet England did not appeal.
From BBC ● Jun. 25, 2026
The man was reaching sideways for something, and after a few moments a marvelous soothing coolness spread into his hand from the stumps of his fingers as the man massaged a salve into his skin.
From "The Subtle Knife" by Philip Pullman
His healthcare providers were stumped by his symptoms: a fever, rash, and intense headaches.
From Slate ● Aug. 6, 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
Inter, having stumped up the Brazilian's buyout clause, got a 20-year-old with the world at his record-breaking feet who would lead them to Uefa Cup glory that season and later captain the Nerazzurri.
From BBC ● Apr. 21, 2026
American grandmaster Hikaru Nakamura was sitting at a chess board in Cyprus last week feeling absolutely stumped.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 6, 2026
When he frowns like he’s completely stumped, I feel my cheeks heat up.
From "Zara’s Rules for Record-Breaking Fun" by Hena Khan
Falling 2-0 down in the Ashes of the same year was masked by the Jonny Bairstow stumping and fightback to 2-2.
From BBC ● Jan. 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
Garcetti, then a Los Angeles City Council member, joined Reiner in stumping for 2004 Democratic presidential hopeful Howard Dean, for whom the director was an early backer.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 19, 2025
It was Carey who found himself the centre of attention during the 2023 Ashes in the UK for his stumping of Jonny Bairstow at Lord's.
From BBC ● Dec. 5, 2025
Andrea grabbed the ax and soon got into a rhythm of chopping, stumping, and tossing firewood.
From "Healer of the Water Monster" by Brian Young
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