stump
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Good luck to Kroenke as he tries to resuscitate a franchise deader than a stump in the Petrified Forest.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 1, 2026
Maybe this stuff works on TV or on the stump.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 21, 2026
The message is a frequent theme in Paxton’s stump speeches.
From Salon ● Aug. 14, 2026
Bouchier wafted unnecessarily outside the off stump, Heather Knight played around a straight one from Sayali Satghare for six and Jones suffered a lapse in concentration to prod spinner Sneh Rana to short leg.
From BBC ● Jul. 11, 2026
Tiny shards of twigs were flung in every direction and the stump split in two.
From "Healer of the Water Monster" by Brian Young
Operating with no great pace – Robinson often has the wicketkeeper standing up – the Sussex man relentlessly targets the stumps and pads with unerring accuracy and fingertip control.
From BBC ● Aug. 30, 2026
Brook adjusted his game to the situation before he was out for 34, superbly caught up to the stumps by wicketkeeper Muhammad Rizwan.
From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2026
Abbas did the damage to the top order, with Root once again lbw with the keeper up to the stumps.
From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026
When considering only pace bowlers, Paul Collingwood leads the way with just under 19% of his deliveries hitting the stumps.
From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026
And as he did so I saw that he had no fingers but only stumps.
From "Nectar in a Sieve" by Kamala Markandaya
They unsurprisingly struggled without significant contributions from their Australian superstars - Phoebe Litchfield was caught attempting a ramp off Charley Phillips for 10 and Annabel Sutherland was stumped off Georgia Adams for 25.
From BBC ● Aug. 16, 2026
But so far she hasn’t stumped for him, instead lobbing veiled criticisms of Talarico’s efforts to win over Black voters.
From Slate ● Aug. 14, 2026
Because a famous math problem that stumped humans for the better part of a century has finally been toppled—by AI.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 30, 2026
When the vehicles violate traffic laws, some police have been stumped as to how to hold the driverless cars accountable.
From BBC ● May 2, 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
Dunkley, Corteen-Coleman and Bell all misfielded for boundaries, while Jones missed a rare stumping with Bhatia on 51.
From BBC ● May 28, 2026
“Thank you, Emily”: Wintour stumping for “The Devil Wears Prada 2” as she and Anne Hathaway continue with the makeup and hairstyling prize.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 15, 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
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
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