stump
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His debut piece for Coachella captured a pastel desert with a giant California poppy-turned-Venus flytrap, its long stem ending in a stylus on a record player rooted in a tree stump.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 10, 2026
"We have jobs, but we don't make anything," he added, as he took an axe to a tree stump in a neighbouring plot.
From Barron's • Mar. 14, 2026
But like the former congressman, Talarico has an extra “it” factor on the stump and in interviews.
From Salon • Mar. 9, 2026
“Its move to stump up an all-cash deal demonstrates how much Netflix wants its prize,” she says.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 21, 2026
He swung its metal head into the stump in front of him.
From "Healer of the Water Monster" by Brian Young
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