lump
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Jealous Devil XL lump charcoal lights easily, produces minimal ash and burns for hours; Boom!
From Salon ● Jul. 12, 2026
He will receive a $6-million lump sum payment, with another $4.5 million in a trust until he turns 18.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 2, 2026
In the simplest form — a single-premium immediate annuity — a person hands over a lump sum in exchange for a guaranteed monthly check.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 17, 2026
No corner was uncut in manufacturing this lump of plastic with an angry buzzing alarm.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 11, 2026
A big lump was growing out of my arm, and my shirt collar tightened around my swelling neck.
From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff
His income now arrives in lumps when a property sells.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 7, 2026
I remember sitting in a wig salon in Richmond as the owner, Amy Holt, gently brushed though my tangled hair as it was falling out in large lumps.
From BBC ● Jun. 3, 2026
The new reporting lumps Nvidia’s gaming chips in with chips for cars, robots, video, and scientific workstations, representing about 8% of first-quarter sales.
From Barron's ● May 26, 2026
The candies themselves looked like tiny, dusty potatoes: irregular little lumps of sweet cream with bits of coconut rolled in cinnamon, dusty and warm-smelling, tucked into a plastic tray.
From Salon ● Mar. 17, 2026
“You’re going to bang your heads and grow lumps that will leave you silly forever,” she warns.
From "Merci Suárez Changes Gears" by Meg Medina
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