stump
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But at Hinojosa’s rally in McAllen this month, Ovalle was nodding along with the Democratic candidate, recording clips of her stump speech.
From Salon ● Oct. 1, 2026
Site owners the National Trust fenced off the stump to see if it would recover, with general manager Andrew Poad saying he is "filled with hope by the way nature is taking its course".
From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026
Under a piece of wood by the stump was a yellow sack containing a white Spencer’s shopping bag.
From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026
Good luck to Kroenke as he tries to resuscitate a franchise deader than a stump in the Petrified Forest.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 1, 2026
It occurred to him that if his strength gave out before he reached shore, he could always hang on to a different tree or another stump or something else that was floating.
From "Earthquake Terror" by Peg Kehret
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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
When their pace bowlers tried to hit the stumps, they could not find the target.
From BBC ● Sep. 11, 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
Muhammad Rizwan - 5 - A mark boosted by his admirable keeping up to the stumps.
From BBC ● Aug. 30, 2026
A choir of seedlings arching their necks out of rotted tree stumps, sucking life out of death.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
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Adam Harris Levine stood before the 18th-century painting, completely stumped.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 26, 2026
ChatGPT-style AI is revolutionizing the world of high-level math by quickly solving famous, long-unsolved problems that stumped experts for decades.
From Barron's ● Sep. 8, 2026
The 12-year-old drugmaker, more commonly known as RevMed, had spent much of its existence trying to solve a scientific puzzle that had stumped some of the industry’s leading researchers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
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
When these students were asked to read Of Mice and Men and complete a sentence beginning with “Although George,” many were stumped.
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
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After Talarico’s campaign posted footage of the former president stumping with him at a taco shop this spring, the equivalencies flowed in.
From Slate ● Sep. 9, 2026
“Thank you, Emily”: Wintour stumping for “The Devil Wears Prada 2” as she and Anne Hathaway continue with the makeup and hairstyling prize.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 15, 2026
That's before you get to the matter of having accounts signed off, squaring matters with the Electoral Commission, and then stumping up deposits for candidates.
From BBC ● Feb. 22, 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
“You can put those away,” he growled, stumping over to his desk and sitting down, “those books. You won’t need them.”
From "Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire" by J. K. Rowling
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