jump on

Example Sentences

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Thereafter at night, he’d jump on the bed, lay claim to much of its surface, and wait to be moved aside.

From The Wall Street Journal

Oil prices simply don’t jump on war headlines like they used to, because countries like the U.S. have ample supplies today with or without Middle East crude.

From Barron's

I’m less supportive of jumping on a fad.

From The Wall Street Journal

He jumped on opportunities to sell services and gear needed by companies racing to adapt to the internet age, such as computer servers, data-storage devices and database software.

From The Wall Street Journal

But when you throw all of the recent factors together, “you have a bearish pressure in the near term after the big rise, but traders also jumping on the bandwagon and forcing the price down.”

From MarketWatch