lump
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The cash value for Monday’s drawing if taken as a lump sum payment would be $391.9 million, game officials said in a news release.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2026
Sometimes, the lump becomes a slightly smaller and shinier lump, marginally less ugly than it was on the ground.
From Salon ● Aug. 6, 2026
“Reframing a $1,200 purchase as a ~$40/month lease pulls forward real incremental demand from buyers who wanted to upgrade but balked at the lump sum,” Feinseth said.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 28, 2026
When they retire, they’d collect the money in the account as a lump sum, plus their regular pension.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 16, 2026
A big lump was growing out of my arm, and my shirt collar tightened around my swelling neck.
From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff
Thirteen days after Hannah Stephenson stayed a night in a Travelodge hotel, she is still itching with red lumps over her body - a nightmare she would not wish on her "worst enemy".
From BBC ● Aug. 8, 2026
The next morning, she woke up to a "horrible realisation", feeling itchy with red lumps over her body and blood spots smeared on the bedding — the tell-tale signs of bed bugs, she said.
From BBC ● Aug. 8, 2026
Responding to criticism that the new district lumps together communities with little in common, Hickey argued that the United States itself is "a mix of different people," encompassing urban neighborhoods, affluent suburbs and rural communities.
From Barron's ● Aug. 5, 2026
Stir the chocolate until it’s smooth with no lumps.
From Salon ● Jun. 20, 2026
The targets had once looked like straw men but now looked more like straw lumps.
From Anya and the Nightingale by Sofiya Pasternack
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