bump
Example Sentences
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When Los Angeles was bidding for the Olympics, Wasserman flew around the world so that he could bump into International Olympic Committee officials, according to people familiar with the situation.
I knew that if it’s bumping around inside my head, and I’ve been living a pretty normal life for 10 years — normal as I can get — then people would see themselves in it.
From Los Angeles Times
We kissed at the end of the date, but my sunglasses bumped her face and my hair came between our mouths.
From Los Angeles Times
And a hoped-for bump in the fertility rate—the average number of children born to each woman—hasn’t materialized.
When you book a cruise, you’re probably not thinking the ship could need to bump passengers.
From MarketWatch
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