speed bump

Example Sentences

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Back on Tasman Drive, tourists excitedly posed for pictures next to a speed bump sign as a grumbling resident glared at them.

From Barron's • Apr. 30, 2026

Their steamroll hit a speed bump as they squandered opportunities in Saturday’s 4-3 loss to the Colorado Rockies at Coors Field.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 18, 2026

See: November’s stock-market pullback could be a speed bump.

From MarketWatch • Nov. 30, 2025

Ms. Erivo’s new number, “No Place Like Home,” adds very little, and later on, “The Girl in the Bubble,” sung by Ms. Grande, is a narrative speed bump.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 20, 2025

The word home jolts me like a speed bump.

From "The Sky at Our Feet" by Nadia Hashimi