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In interviews and on the stump, she conveys both polish and authenticity, and she has garnered a slew of endorsements from unions and progressive organizations like the Teamsters and Emily’s List.

From Salon ● Jul. 9, 2026

It was dead before he came along, according to his standard stump speech.

From Salon ● Jun. 26, 2026

Unlike a tree stump, which preserves rings from an organism's entire life, dinosaur bones provide only a partial record.

From Science Daily ● Jun. 22, 2026

Daryl Mitchell was not playing a shot, and this time the ball darted up the slope to uproot the unguarded off stump.

From BBC ● Jun. 4, 2026

Cousin Charley was a big boy, going on eleven years old, and he could jump from stump to stump all over the yard.

From "Little House in the Big Woods" by Laura Ingalls Wilder

England's Sophie Ecclestone, having just completed a flamboyant half-century, pressed forward, only for the ball to dip, grip and sneak between bat and pad into the stumps.

From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2026

The detritus of war—tree stumps and abandoned equipment—is everywhere.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 2, 2026

Eight balls into the day, Root was lbw to Nathan Smith, yet again with wicketkeeper Tom Blundell up the stumps.

From BBC ● Jun. 27, 2026

With wicketkeeper Rew up to the stumps, Daryl Mitchell tried a scoop and was bowled for 68, a swiping Jamieson lost his middle stump and Nathan Smith holed for 38.

From BBC ● Jun. 20, 2026

Despite myself I could not keep my eyes off his hands; the harder I tried to keep my gaze fixed elsewhere, the more it fastened itself to those stumps.

From "Nectar in a Sieve" by Kamala Markandaya

Last month, OpenAI announced that its latest version of ChatGPT had solved a major math problem, one that had stumped experts for 80 years.

From Slate ● Jun. 22, 2026

Celebrities including Brad Pitt and Diane Keaton stumped for the Zumthor design at the meeting, eclipsing the voices of many citizens who questioned the project — and the board voted unanimously to release the funds.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 8, 2026

American grandmaster Hikaru Nakamura was sitting at a chess board in Cyprus last week feeling absolutely stumped.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 6, 2026

From there, the home side failed to generate any momentum and when Rachin Ravindra had both Kusal Mendis and Pavan Rathnayake stumped in the ninth over, Sri Lanka were 29-4 and the game was up.

From BBC ● Feb. 25, 2026

His stomach twisted as he imagined it, watching Ron and the others becoming wizards while he stumped around the grounds carrying Hagrid’s bag.

From "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" by J.K. Rowling

A fiery second Test in that 2023 Ashes is remembered mainly for Bairstow's contentious stumping and the most un-Lord's-like of reactions from the fans in the aftermath.

From BBC ● Jul. 12, 2026

Falling 2-0 down in the Ashes of the same year was masked by the Jonny Bairstow stumping and fightback to 2-2.

From BBC ● Jan. 6, 2026

Australia wicketkeeper Alex Carey, who made a century in the first innings, had another good day with his quick hands stumping Crawley off Lyon.

From Barron's ● Dec. 20, 2025

Garcetti, then a Los Angeles City Council member, joined Reiner in stumping for 2004 Democratic presidential hopeful Howard Dean, for whom the director was an early backer.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 19, 2025

And this time, instead of slamming the gate and stumping noisily across the courtyard as usual, he had slipped as silently as his hulk would allow up the stairs and into his room.

From "The Golden Goblet" by Eloise Jarvis McGraw