jump
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For the full year, they expect a 23% jump.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026
And I think I had this notion of like, “God, I don’t want to do these jump scares,” and kind of the cliches of what we imagine horror is like.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026
Wednesday brings the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ consumer price index for May, which is expected to reflect a 4.2% year-over-year jump, four tenths of a percentage point more than April’s reading.
From Barron's • Jun. 8, 2026
Getting a robot to jump through a window of unknown height, land on uneven ground, and immediately navigate an unfamiliar interior is hard.
From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026
Daisy always seemed to be about one jump ahead of me.
From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls
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