stump
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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
The question seemed designed to stump even the person who wrote the episode, not to mention the obsessives competing in the recent “Seinfeld” trivia competition in New York.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026
The first of those, delivered Monday, sounded in many ways like a campaign stump speech, except longer.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 5, 2026
Rana broke through to have Nicholls caught behind with a slower delivery outside off stump and then bowled Conway in his next over.
From Barron's • Jan. 11, 2026
I haul my body up off the stump and begin loping toward the school.
From "Wayward Creatures" by Dayna Lorentz
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