bumper
Example Sentences
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The device, known as the Grappler, was released from where it was installed on the front bumper of a sheriff’s vehicle and onto the fleeing suspect’s back tires.
From Los Angeles Times • May 7, 2026
The pursuing agent presses a button, unlocking the device attached to their vehicle’s front bumper, and a net springs out.
From Los Angeles Times • May 7, 2026
Taking place between 27 and 30 August is Reading and Leeds Festival, which has a bumper six headliners who are all British and Irish.
From BBC • Apr. 10, 2026
One image—frame 352 showing the figure caught mid-stride, said to be a female creature later dubbed “Patty”—was enshrined in pop culture across bumper stickers and on “The Simpsons.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 12, 2026
At least he doesn’t call me a bumper sticker.
From "The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl" by Stacy McAnulty
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