stumping

Example Sentences

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When former players invest in clubs, they are often buying a much smaller amount of shares and stumping up far less than their business partners.

From BBC • Apr. 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

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

Creating the mechanical equivalent of the human hand is a challenge that has been stumping corporate and academic researchers for years.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 25, 2025

This time, I was stumping for Hillary Clinton, Barack’s opponent in the brutal 2008 primary who’d gone on to become his loyal and effective secretary of state.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama