stump
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The question seemed designed to stump even the person who wrote the episode, not to mention the obsessives competing in the recent “Seinfeld” trivia competition in New York.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026
"We have jobs, but we don't make anything," he added, as he took an axe to a tree stump in a neighbouring plot.
From Barron's • Mar. 14, 2026
“When I came back our country was dead. Now it’s the hottest country on the planet,” he said in what has become the standard stump speech pickup line.
From Salon • Mar. 14, 2026
The first of those, delivered Monday, sounded in many ways like a campaign stump speech, except longer.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 5, 2026
He swung its metal head into the stump in front of him.
From "Healer of the Water Monster" by Brian Young
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