bump

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Former Rep. Katie Porter of Orange County saw a slight bump to 10% from 7%, while the remaining Democrats in the contest were mired in the low single digits.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 20, 2026

The company got a bump from the car-buying boom of 2021 and 2022, but its auto revenue underperformed overall light-vehicle production in the years after, as customers sat on swollen inventories.

From Barron's • Apr. 17, 2026

He was sort of wanting to bump into him.

From BBC • Apr. 14, 2026

“I think that that bump up in the last 10 years still hasn’t been properly assimilated into the public conversation,” said Nathan Wilmers, a professor at MIT’s Sloan School of Management.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 11, 2026

The beats bump so hard that they vibrate my soul.

From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer