stump
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A 1940s folk painting by Clementine Hunter radiates relaxation, its central man unwinding with a drink, his feet kicked up on a stump.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 1, 2026
When I asked him about that, he talked about that tension as impossible to resolve, especially not in a minutes-long stump speech.
From Slate • Apr. 29, 2026
Now I have a tree stump in my yard, a wrecked fence — and a window into the personal hell of wrestling with insurance claims.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 21, 2026
Then Tom Bailey was late on a defensive shot and had his off stump knocked back by Aitchison's third ball of the day.
From BBC • Apr. 13, 2026
The famous Garner County corn was as shriveled as that dead old tree stump out front, and the river had no more water in it than you could squeeze out of a rock.
From "The Seven Wonders of Sassafras Springs" by Betty G. Birney
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