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as in to shuffle
to move heavily or clumsily
the seemingly endless parade finally ended, and the drummers and tuba players stumped wearily to their buses
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Recent Examples of stump
Jessie Yeung, CNN Money, 3 Nov. 2025
Elsewhere, Donald Washberg is stumping dressed like Will Rogers at the Ziegfeld Follies.
—Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 29 Oct. 2025
Sacbee.com, 22 Nov. 2025
Nothing, except Teddy’s increasing doubts about Alec’s stump-speech story about being given sandwiches and taken under the wing of a kindly MTA driver named Pete.
—Sophie Brookover, Vulture, 21 Nov. 2025
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Verb
Now Takaichi, who took office after winning an election in October, is inheriting a decades-old problem that stumped her predecessors – and hoping to be the one to solve it.
—Noun
Eligible trees must be shorter than 20 feet tall, with a maximum stump height of 8 inches when measured from the soil and a maximum diameter of six inches.
—Recent Examples of Synonyms for stump
Verb
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Even with my winter boots and sturdy soles, caution dictates a short stride, a shuffling gait end eyes riveted to the slippery ground.—
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First, the sophomore shuffled back into coverage after showing A-gap pressure to intercept a Bryce Underwood pass over the middle of the field, ending a key fourth-quarter drive.—
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Only the ice would dare utter such a taunt to the Quad God.—
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The dress featured a sparkly insect motif on the chest and a daring hip-high slit.—
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The sink is prone to splashing and will wash any oil and vinegar residue away in no time.—
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Whether through rain, irrigation, or merely watering the lawn, residues are conveyed to the soil, which will eventually reach groundwater.—
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Jenkins brutally stomped and punched Coto, who was severely injured and put on life support.—
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Take it slower and stomp a path through new snow or ski on a frozen pond.—
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However, former Federal Air Marshal Peter Johnson — who founded Archway Defense, which has trained state, local and federal law enforcement in firearms for the past decade — told WCCO the street is not the place to challenge a federal agent's orders.—
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Bringing back engagement Longbow also wants to challenge how electric cars feel from behind the wheel.—
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The state also has an above average number of polluted waterways and more coal ash ponds — small, toxic water bodies near coal plants where poisonous refuse is discarded — than any other state.—
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As workers separated the burning refuse and doused the items with water, a 911 call was made.—
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Government agencies and businesses that invest in this training, and that insist every critical number survives a deterministic check, will capture AI's benefits without stumbling into its blind spots.—
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Dodge, still suffering the consequences of axing the popular previous generations of Charger and Challenger muscle cars, saw sales stumble down 28% compared with the previous year.—
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The negotiations will be the first since the writers and actors strikes of 2023, and will likely revisit the concerns that animated those stoppages, such as AI and residuals on streaming platforms.—
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Exhibition couldn’t charge for tickets to The Netflix event given the cast’s contractual terms for residuals, hence the streamer and circuits got around this by reserving seats with concession vouchers.—
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“Stump.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stump. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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