stump
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As I recall the story, Homer grilled Leibowitz, trying to stump him with math questions.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 19, 2026
“I believe wholeheartedly that you can’t force revival,” Lucas Miles declares in his stump speech for the Make Heaven Crowded tour.
From Salon • May 17, 2026
A wary Tinseltown reluctantly coalesced around the Netflix bid, seeing it as the lesser of two evils, but Paramount's willingness to stump up ever greater sums eventually saw the streamer withdraw.
From Barron's • May 13, 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
More things are falling back in place, like when Axel sees Braviary hop and flap, just like Daniel, from the swing to a stump.
From "A Bird Will Soar" by Alison Green Myers
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