bumpy
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Whether it gets there or not, the ride will likely be a bumpy one.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 10, 2026
After a bumpy drive into the woodland, Pete launches a thermal drone into the early morning sky.
From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2026
Tesla shares rose 4.7% to $370.59 after the carmaker’s third-quarter sales slumped but still beat Wall Street forecasts in a bumpy U.S. market for electric vehicles.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
We’re in a bumpy transition from chatbots to active agents.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026
The bandage was off now, in its place a bumpy scab that was starting to flake away.
From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman
“If you just need to buy and hold something for the next decade I think you just have to accept that it’s going to be a bumpier ride than in the past,” he says.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 12, 2026
As climate change shifts atmospheric conditions, experts warn that air travel could become bumpier: temperature changes and shifting wind patterns in the upper atmosphere are expected to increase the frequency and intensity of severe turbulence.
From BBC ● Mar. 19, 2026
It’s time to prepare your retirement portfolio for a bumpier ride.
From Barron's ● Mar. 18, 2026
Wall Street is inching toward a historic milestone just as the ride is getting bumpier in the stock market.
From MarketWatch ● Jan. 15, 2026
They turn onto a bumpy road off the highway, which grows bumpier and bumpier as it climbs up into wilder, more desolate country.
From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez
This latest one, on the welfare state, comes after Sir Keir Starmer has endured his bumpiest days yet in Downing Street.
From BBC ● Jun. 27, 2025
Now, he couldn’t apologize enough for his latest misstep in what’s become the bumpiest jump to the NFL ever attempted by a college coaching great.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 5, 2021
Now, he couldn't apologize enough for his latest misstep in what's become the bumpiest jump to the NFL ever attempted by a college coaching great.
From Fox News ● Oct. 5, 2021
In short, despite the improving public health situation, some investors now expect the final three months of 2021 to be the bumpiest since the pandemic crashed the market in early 2020.
From New York Times ● Oct. 4, 2021
It was like being on the bumpiest, scariest roller-coaster ride!
From "Case of the Sneaky Snowman: Nancy Drew and the Clue Crew, #5" by Carolyn Keene
