"\u2014 usually used with out The news really bummed me out."
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"The episode kicks off with Rinna continuing to bumble around in the IKEA cupboards in her garage. \u2014 Jodi Walker, EW.com , 26 Aug. 2021",
"Zach Woods and Suzy Nakamura round out the cast as other Avenue 5 employees, all of whom bumble around while attempting to maintain order onboard. \u2014 Washington Post , 6 Nov. 2020",
"This book by the editors of the blog Lawfare isn\u2019t just another compendium of insider gossip and bumbling treachery. \u2014 New York Times , 13 Feb. 2020",
"Jim Parsons is a mercurial wonder as Henry Willson, the brutal, high-powered agent (and closeted homosexual) who turns bumbling Roy into marquee star Rock Hudson through sheer force of will (and compulsory dental work). \u2014 Darren Franich, EW.com , 29 Apr. 2020",
"The Lakers looked like a bumbling organization, and the Pelicans looked inept. \u2014 Jeff Zillgitt, USA TODAY , 16 June 2019",
"Men are often presented as bumbling babysitters instead of caretakers \u2014 that onerous task nearly always falls on the mother. \u2014 Maia Efrem, refinery29.com , 15 June 2019"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The lumbering bumblebee is out Buttering up its bronze thighs With pollen\u2019d orbs of echinacea. \u2014 John Latta, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 22 June 2022",
"Ohio is home to about a dozen different bumblebee species, all of which play important roles as pollinators of crops and wild plants. \u2014 Mary Jane Brewer, cleveland , 22 June 2022",
"Informed of the presence of the bee, the airport stopped construction on the project and the FAA began discussions with the Fish and Wildlife Service regarding the bumblebee and other species, according to the FAA. \u2014 Nara Schoenberg, chicagotribune.com , 1 Mar. 2022",
"With an eye that\u2019s sensitive enough to see a bumblebee in lunar orbit, the telescope will peer into the primordial murk from which stars, galaxies, and planets emerged, piercing the darkness that has occluded the gaze of other great observatories. \u2014 Nadia Drake, Science , 25 Dec. 2021",
"The two-hour excursion aboard a bumblebee -yellow 1950s Flxible Bus takes visitors along Skyline Drive into the island\u2019s wilderness. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 18 Nov. 2021",
"Sightings of the rusty patched bumblebee in Bell Bowl over the summer temporarily stopped airport construction until November 1 when bee foraging season ends. \u2014 Elizabeth Gamillo, Smithsonian Magazine , 28 Oct. 2021",
"Like 11 other bumblebee species, its population has plummeted. \u2014 Taylor Umlauf, WSJ , 23 Oct. 2021",
"Not a single American bumblebee had been found since the survey started in 2014. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 17 Oct. 2021"
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"The episode kicks off with Rinna continuing to bumble around in the IKEA cupboards in her garage. \u2014 Jodi Walker, EW.com , 26 Aug. 2021",
"Zach Woods and Suzy Nakamura round out the cast as other Avenue 5 employees, all of whom bumble around while attempting to maintain order onboard. \u2014 Washington Post , 6 Nov. 2020",
"This book by the editors of the blog Lawfare isn\u2019t just another compendium of insider gossip and bumbling treachery. \u2014 New York Times , 13 Feb. 2020",
"Jim Parsons is a mercurial wonder as Henry Willson, the brutal, high-powered agent (and closeted homosexual) who turns bumbling Roy into marquee star Rock Hudson through sheer force of will (and compulsory dental work). \u2014 Darren Franich, EW.com , 29 Apr. 2020",
"The Lakers looked like a bumbling organization, and the Pelicans looked inept. \u2014 Jeff Zillgitt, USA TODAY , 16 June 2019",
"Men are often presented as bumbling babysitters instead of caretakers \u2014 that onerous task nearly always falls on the mother. \u2014 Maia Efrem, refinery29.com , 15 June 2019"
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"\u2014 Kristin Tillotson"
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"\u2014 Laura Czingula"
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"\u2014 Eric Rinehimer"
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"\u2014 Daniel G. Habib"
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"Verb",
"I have a bruise from where I bumped my head.",
"Be careful not to bump the vase.",
"You nearly bumped me off the edge!",
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"They bumped into us from behind.",
"The boat bumped against the pier.",
"The TV show will be bumped to a new time.",
"Increasing fuel costs are bumping the company's prices higher.",
"The loss bumped us out of first place.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"The 18th annual Kids\u2019 Fest takes place July 9, rain or shine, at the 35-acre Wampum Lake, which features nine bump -outs along nearly one mile of shoreline. \u2014 Jessi Virtusio, Chicago Tribune , 30 June 2022",
"Each has hit a bump in the road of life, losing a part of themselves along the way. \u2014 cleveland , 1 June 2022",
"DeGeneres\u2019 daytime reign hit a serious bump in 2020, when the show was alleged to be a toxic workplace and three producers exited amid the claims. \u2014 Lynn Elber, Anchorage Daily News , 26 May 2022",
"But Apple plans to upgrade the entry-level iPad this year, with the new model expected to receive a big specs bump . \u2014 Chris Smith, BGR , 15 June 2022",
"Airplay also saw a bump of nearly 330% as audience for the song went from 41,000 to over 422,000 in a week. \u2014 Shirley Halperin, Variety , 3 June 2022",
"Also pretty clearly, the only real Trump-skeptical candidate in the race, a millionaire named Matt Dolan, received a big bump , too, and is now running second or third in recent polls. \u2014 The New Yorker , 3 May 2022",
"In all, the new state budget for the fiscal year through March 31, 2023, allocates $4.7 billion in operating funds to the state Office of Mental Health \u2014 a bump of nearly $800 million from the previous fiscal year. \u2014 Abigail Kramer, ProPublica , 13 Apr. 2022",
"And, finally, what will this big pay bump mean for other early-career workers in other parts of the sprawling General Dynamics universe",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"There have been rumblings that South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham will soon introduce legislation to bump that requirement up to 67. \u2014 Andrew Brinker, BostonGlobe.com , 23 June 2022",
"The track was the pop-rock singer\u2019s major-label debut and helped bump her overall streams year-on-year by 500%. \u2014 Thania Garcia, Variety , 23 June 2022",
"In this week\u2019s SportsMoney Playbook: Tiger Woods joins the three-comma club, \u200b\u200bMLS's costly deal with Apple, and the Broncos bump up NFL team values. \u2014 Matt Craig, Forbes , 17 June 2022",
"But finally, on Tuesday, Trump was able to handedly bump one of the most vocal of that list, Rep. Tom Rice of South Carolina, off his seat, rendering him out of a job come November. \u2014 Brittany Shepherd, ABC News , 14 June 2022",
"Rihanna appeared with her belly bump on the cover of Vogue this month and spoke about her pregnancy. \u2014 Tom\u00e1s Mier, Rolling Stone , 19 May 2022",
"Imagine a bunch of individual atoms that might sometimes bump into each other at the office. \u2014 Alexandra Samuel, WSJ , 17 May 2022",
"The Americans are second and Costa Rica, which is currently fourth, would have to win Wednesday night\u2019s game against the USMNT by six or more goals to bump the U.S. men out of the top three. \u2014 Nancy Armour, USA TODAY , 28 Mar. 2022",
"The two brackets will be filled out based on the final OSAA rankings, but league champions ranked outside of the top 16 will be moved into the Top 16 bracket and will bump the lowest seeds to the Next 16 bracket. \u2014 oregonlive , 21 Apr. 2022"
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"top",
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"\u2014 Kristin Tillotson"
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"The boat bumped against the pier.",
"The TV show will be bumped to a new time.",
"Increasing fuel costs are bumping the company's prices higher.",
"The loss bumped us out of first place.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"The 18th annual Kids\u2019 Fest takes place July 9, rain or shine, at the 35-acre Wampum Lake, which features nine bump -outs along nearly one mile of shoreline. \u2014 Jessi Virtusio, Chicago Tribune , 30 June 2022",
"Each has hit a bump in the road of life, losing a part of themselves along the way. \u2014 cleveland , 1 June 2022",
"DeGeneres\u2019 daytime reign hit a serious bump in 2020, when the show was alleged to be a toxic workplace and three producers exited amid the claims. \u2014 Lynn Elber, Anchorage Daily News , 26 May 2022",
"But Apple plans to upgrade the entry-level iPad this year, with the new model expected to receive a big specs bump . \u2014 Chris Smith, BGR , 15 June 2022",
"Airplay also saw a bump of nearly 330% as audience for the song went from 41,000 to over 422,000 in a week. \u2014 Shirley Halperin, Variety , 3 June 2022",
"Also pretty clearly, the only real Trump-skeptical candidate in the race, a millionaire named Matt Dolan, received a big bump , too, and is now running second or third in recent polls. \u2014 The New Yorker , 3 May 2022",
"In all, the new state budget for the fiscal year through March 31, 2023, allocates $4.7 billion in operating funds to the state Office of Mental Health \u2014 a bump of nearly $800 million from the previous fiscal year. \u2014 Abigail Kramer, ProPublica , 13 Apr. 2022",
"And, finally, what will this big pay bump mean for other early-career workers in other parts of the sprawling General Dynamics universe",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"There have been rumblings that South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham will soon introduce legislation to bump that requirement up to 67. \u2014 Andrew Brinker, BostonGlobe.com , 23 June 2022",
"The track was the pop-rock singer\u2019s major-label debut and helped bump her overall streams year-on-year by 500%. \u2014 Thania Garcia, Variety , 23 June 2022",
"In this week\u2019s SportsMoney Playbook: Tiger Woods joins the three-comma club, \u200b\u200bMLS's costly deal with Apple, and the Broncos bump up NFL team values. \u2014 Matt Craig, Forbes , 17 June 2022",
"But finally, on Tuesday, Trump was able to handedly bump one of the most vocal of that list, Rep. Tom Rice of South Carolina, off his seat, rendering him out of a job come November. \u2014 Brittany Shepherd, ABC News , 14 June 2022",
"Rihanna appeared with her belly bump on the cover of Vogue this month and spoke about her pregnancy. \u2014 Tom\u00e1s Mier, Rolling Stone , 19 May 2022",
"Imagine a bunch of individual atoms that might sometimes bump into each other at the office. \u2014 Alexandra Samuel, WSJ , 17 May 2022",
"The Americans are second and Costa Rica, which is currently fourth, would have to win Wednesday night\u2019s game against the USMNT by six or more goals to bump the U.S. men out of the top three. \u2014 Nancy Armour, USA TODAY , 28 Mar. 2022",
"The two brackets will be filled out based on the final OSAA rankings, but league champions ranked outside of the top 16 will be moved into the Top 16 bracket and will bump the lowest seeds to the Next 16 bracket. \u2014 oregonlive , 21 Apr. 2022"
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"a bumptious young man whose family wealth gave him a sense of entitlement",
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"The moment became legendary for many Canadians who relished the sight of our young, charismatic leader imposing his cheery manners on the bumptious American president. \u2014 Jonathan Kay, WSJ , 25 Feb. 2022",
"That the bumptious billionaire Donald Trump at the moment looks to be the party\u2019s leader doesn\u2019t help. \u2014 Joseph Epstein, WSJ , 25 Jan. 2022",
"Dickie is youngish and elegant, at least by the bumptious standards of Newark mobsters, and when the story begins he\u2019s dealing with two separate problems. \u2014 Richard Brody, The New Yorker , 1 Oct. 2021",
"Britten\u2019s orchestration brilliantly characterizes the different social strata: oozy string slides and tinkling harps, celesta and glockenspiel for fairyland; winds and strings for the lovers; bumptious lower brass and bassoon for the tradesmen. \u2014 Scott Cantrell, Dallas News , 11 Aug. 2021",
"But if the tech industry\u2019s bumptious history with antitrust enforcement is any lesson, a caretaker who has reluctantly stepped into the spotlight might be preferable to a charismatic leader born to it. \u2014 Daisuke Wakabayashi, New York Times , 21 Oct. 2020",
"Donald Trump\u2019s bumptious , boisterous, blustering performance in his first face-to-face debate with Joe Biden changed the trajectory of the presidential race\u2014giving the former vice president a hefty lead. \u2014 Walter Shapiro, The New Republic , 15 Oct. 2020",
"In 1993, the break-out star was Sean Burroughs, a bumptious earthen mound from Long Beach, California. \u2014 Adam Kuhlmann, Longreads , 15 Apr. 2020",
"George Washington\u2019s mother, Mary Ball Washington, is often seen as a bumptious obstacle to her son\u2019s success. \u2014 New York Times , 11 June 2019"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The moment became legendary for many Canadians who relished the sight of our young, charismatic leader imposing his cheery manners on the bumptious American president. \u2014 Jonathan Kay, WSJ , 25 Feb. 2022",
"That the bumptious billionaire Donald Trump at the moment looks to be the party\u2019s leader doesn\u2019t help. \u2014 Joseph Epstein, WSJ , 25 Jan. 2022",
"Dickie is youngish and elegant, at least by the bumptious standards of Newark mobsters, and when the story begins he\u2019s dealing with two separate problems. \u2014 Richard Brody, The New Yorker , 1 Oct. 2021",
"Britten\u2019s orchestration brilliantly characterizes the different social strata: oozy string slides and tinkling harps, celesta and glockenspiel for fairyland; winds and strings for the lovers; bumptious lower brass and bassoon for the tradesmen. \u2014 Scott Cantrell, Dallas News , 11 Aug. 2021",
"But if the tech industry\u2019s bumptious history with antitrust enforcement is any lesson, a caretaker who has reluctantly stepped into the spotlight might be preferable to a charismatic leader born to it. \u2014 Daisuke Wakabayashi, New York Times , 21 Oct. 2020",
"Donald Trump\u2019s bumptious , boisterous, blustering performance in his first face-to-face debate with Joe Biden changed the trajectory of the presidential race\u2014giving the former vice president a hefty lead. \u2014 Walter Shapiro, The New Republic , 15 Oct. 2020",
"In 1993, the break-out star was Sean Burroughs, a bumptious earthen mound from Long Beach, California. \u2014 Adam Kuhlmann, Longreads , 15 Apr. 2020",
"George Washington\u2019s mother, Mary Ball Washington, is often seen as a bumptious obstacle to her son\u2019s success. \u2014 New York Times , 11 June 2019"
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"The road is very bumpy .",
"the bumpy skin of a cucumber",
"The flight was very bumpy .",
"The road was rough so we had a bumpy ride.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Whitehill\u2019s professional career reflected the bumpy road that women\u2019s pro soccer has followed in the United States. \u2014 Mark Inabinett | Minabinett@al.com, al , 23 June 2022",
"Acne scarring, enlarged pores, and the typical aging process are all to blame for a bumpy skin texture. \u2014 Cristina Montemayor, Men's Health , 22 June 2022",
"After last year\u2019s bumpy restart and an end-of-year meltdown fueled by weather and infections tied to the omicron variant of the coronavirus, airline executives pledged to improve. \u2014 Lori Aratani, Anchorage Daily News , 21 June 2022",
"Or rather, it was revealed by Reina and Ferolla, who drove me, along winding bumpy back roads, to the Via Flacca, which runs along a bluff just north of Gaeta. \u2014 Maria Shollenbarger, Travel + Leisure , 20 June 2022",
"But a bumpy and uneven recovery across the continent suggests the theater business isn\u2019t quite out of the woods yet. \u2014 Christopher Vourlias, Variety , 19 June 2022",
"Instead, their shows displayed the bumpy seams of their own presence, resistant to reassurance when discomfort made more sense. \u2014 Emily Nussbaum, The New Yorker , 13 June 2022",
"On a recent Sunday, Lucia Chinenyanga, 42, navigates her bicycle through the bumpy terrain of Makusha Township in Shurugwi District in rural Zimbabwe, 200 miles outside the country\u2019s capital city of Harare. \u2014 Michael Forster Rothbart, Scientific American , 10 June 2022",
"Smart windows can help the world make strides in energy savings \u2014 but, as seen with other innovations like electric cars, the road to a greener future can get a bit bumpy . \u2014 Brittney J. Miller, Smithsonian Magazine , 9 June 2022"
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": the actions and mannerisms of pompous but inefficient government officials":[
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"\u2014 G. M. Trevelyan"
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"What Democrats want to do with the government is less suited to a bumper sticker than the GOP\u2019s goals. \u2014 Jason Linkins, The New Republic , 11 June 2022",
"After a series of safety tips, Ms. English walks her group to a set of tools, arranged in a line next to her car and under the watch of a Smokey Bear bumper sticker . \u2014 Noah Robertson, The Christian Science Monitor , 18 May 2022",
"Now that\u2019s the kind of slogan that belongs on a bumper sticker . \u2014 Jonathan Zeller, The New Yorker , 30 Mar. 2022",
"During the 2016 election, Simcox stuck a Clinton-Kaine bumper sticker to his car - until other students ripped it off and burned it. \u2014 Hannah Natanson, Anchorage Daily News , 6 Dec. 2021",
"Enter the simplifiers \u2013 people who take excellent research and create shortcuts, acronyms, and jargon that are no more beneficial than a bumper sticker . \u2014 Constance Dierickx, Forbes , 1 Nov. 2021",
"Their calling card, their t-shirt, their virtual bumper sticker is FIFA or Grand Theft Auto, it\u2019s not [insert radio station name]. \u2014 Quentin Singer, Forbes , 15 Oct. 2021",
"Image of Taliban members in a truck with a Biden-Harris bumper sticker was altered The claim is misleading. \u2014 Devon Link, USA TODAY , 23 Sep. 2021",
"Remember the importance of building your child's sense of self-worth is more crucial than the bumper sticker on the back of the car. \u2014 John Duffy, CNN , 7 Sep. 2021"
"bumpety & bumpity irregular from bump entry 1 ; bumpety-bump & bumpity-bump reduplication of bump entry 1":"Adverb",
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"Morale at Mirage is practically nonexistent. Having been extended ninety days more has everyone terminally bummed .",
"\u2014 Dick Runels",
"I was so bummed . I was going to have to relive the sixties.",
"\u2014 Polly Frost",
"The awful truth about their past leaves them pretty bummed out \u2026",
"\u2014 Michael Sauter"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"She gets bummed when the astrology posts use pictures from NASA\u2019s Mariner 10 spacecraft instead. \u2014 Marina Koren, The Atlantic , 28 May 2022",
"But the Wave, to their credit, seemed bummed by their performance Sunday in Seattle. \u2014 Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune , 29 May 2022",
"Adrian Belew is still bummed about not being asked to be part of the 2013 re-formation. \u2014 David Browne, Rolling Stone , 18 Mar. 2022",
"Hopkins has dealt with a bummed hamstring which limited his playing time in that same game. \u2014 Dana Scott, The Arizona Republic , 31 Oct. 2021",
"Obviously a little bummed out but hopefully a chance to get rested up and well and be back hopefully sooner rather than later. \u2014 Fox News , 8 Aug. 2021",
"If you\u2019re bummed that the Warriors failed in their mission to land Bradley Beal, or Damian Lillard, or even Pascal Siakam, and seem resigned to rolling the dice by using their top draft picks as draft picks rather than trade chips \u2014 take heart. \u2014 Scott Ostler, San Francisco Chronicle , 28 July 2021",
"For the bookish, the bummed , and the British, the Fall represent a fading type of bedlam brought on by the presence of a true punk anti-hero. \u2014 Washington Post , 16 July 2021",
"Meantime, a couple of Giants pitchers asked about Tatis said they\u2019re bummed not just for the Padres but for the sport. \u2014 John Shea, San Francisco Chronicle , 6 Apr. 2021"
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"\u2014 Kristin Tillotson"
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"\u2014 Laura Czingula"
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"\u2014 Eric Rinehimer"
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"\u2014 Daniel G. Habib"
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"I have a bruise from where I bumped my head.",
"Be careful not to bump the vase.",
"You nearly bumped me off the edge!",
"The jolt bumped him right out of his seat.",
"They bumped into us from behind.",
"The boat bumped against the pier.",
"The TV show will be bumped to a new time.",
"Increasing fuel costs are bumping the company's prices higher.",
"The loss bumped us out of first place.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"The 18th annual Kids\u2019 Fest takes place July 9, rain or shine, at the 35-acre Wampum Lake, which features nine bump -outs along nearly one mile of shoreline. \u2014 Jessi Virtusio, Chicago Tribune , 30 June 2022",
"Each has hit a bump in the road of life, losing a part of themselves along the way. \u2014 cleveland , 1 June 2022",
"DeGeneres\u2019 daytime reign hit a serious bump in 2020, when the show was alleged to be a toxic workplace and three producers exited amid the claims. \u2014 Lynn Elber, Anchorage Daily News , 26 May 2022",
"But Apple plans to upgrade the entry-level iPad this year, with the new model expected to receive a big specs bump . \u2014 Chris Smith, BGR , 15 June 2022",
"Airplay also saw a bump of nearly 330% as audience for the song went from 41,000 to over 422,000 in a week. \u2014 Shirley Halperin, Variety , 3 June 2022",
"Also pretty clearly, the only real Trump-skeptical candidate in the race, a millionaire named Matt Dolan, received a big bump , too, and is now running second or third in recent polls. \u2014 The New Yorker , 3 May 2022",
"In all, the new state budget for the fiscal year through March 31, 2023, allocates $4.7 billion in operating funds to the state Office of Mental Health \u2014 a bump of nearly $800 million from the previous fiscal year. \u2014 Abigail Kramer, ProPublica , 13 Apr. 2022",
"And, finally, what will this big pay bump mean for other early-career workers in other parts of the sprawling General Dynamics universe",
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"There have been rumblings that South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham will soon introduce legislation to bump that requirement up to 67. \u2014 Andrew Brinker, BostonGlobe.com , 23 June 2022",
"The track was the pop-rock singer\u2019s major-label debut and helped bump her overall streams year-on-year by 500%. \u2014 Thania Garcia, Variety , 23 June 2022",
"In this week\u2019s SportsMoney Playbook: Tiger Woods joins the three-comma club, \u200b\u200bMLS's costly deal with Apple, and the Broncos bump up NFL team values. \u2014 Matt Craig, Forbes , 17 June 2022",
"But finally, on Tuesday, Trump was able to handedly bump one of the most vocal of that list, Rep. Tom Rice of South Carolina, off his seat, rendering him out of a job come November. \u2014 Brittany Shepherd, ABC News , 14 June 2022",
"Rihanna appeared with her belly bump on the cover of Vogue this month and spoke about her pregnancy. \u2014 Tom\u00e1s Mier, Rolling Stone , 19 May 2022",
"Imagine a bunch of individual atoms that might sometimes bump into each other at the office. \u2014 Alexandra Samuel, WSJ , 17 May 2022",
"The Americans are second and Costa Rica, which is currently fourth, would have to win Wednesday night\u2019s game against the USMNT by six or more goals to bump the U.S. men out of the top three. \u2014 Nancy Armour, USA TODAY , 28 Mar. 2022",
"The two brackets will be filled out based on the final OSAA rankings, but league champions ranked outside of the top 16 will be moved into the Top 16 bracket and will bump the lowest seeds to the Next 16 bracket. \u2014 oregonlive , 21 Apr. 2022"
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