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bump

verb as in move over, dislodge

verb as in increment

Strong matches

Weak match

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Key details: New orders shrank for the third month in a row, offsetting a small bump in production in November.

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For criticism, streaming snippets are now carried along in a fragmentary rush of social media, bumping aside analog writing and reading.

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Still, many in the industry believe the lull will amount to little more than a bump in the road.

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Picture eating perfectly fried chicken nuggets topped with a bump of caviar as tennis balls whizz from one side of the court to the other.

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LeBron James playfully bumped Davis at the center of the court before the game then they did the same intricate handshake they performed before games as teammates.

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