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Mari Adam, a certified financial planner and educator, has been trying to get her own adult children to bump up contributions from 6% to 9% — and having no luck.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 10, 2026

Carriers often bump up such fees as a way to offset rising costs, like jet fuel, as they did just two years ago.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026

Sixty miles from Julian, I turn onto Bannister Road and bump north along a gravel track for three miles into the basin, to a parking lot 164 feet below sea level.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 7, 2026

The bump in Zillow data suggests that March could have been a busier month than widely expected, says Zillow chief economist Mischa Fisher.

From Barron's • Apr. 6, 2026

I bump into a triad of girls talking in the doorway.

From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer