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the winner in the contest for biggest pumpkin was a jumbo that weighed in at over a thousand pounds
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Reserve tackle Frank Crum got a helping of offensive looks Sunday in Lewis and Adkins’ absence, serving as a jumbo tight end in heavy-personnel groupings in the first quarter.
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Luca Evans, Denver Post, 1 Dec. 2025
Rocket also offers a wide range of loan options to choose from nationwide, including conventional, jumbo, FHA and VA loans, with down payments starting at 1% for qualifying programs.
—Angelica Leicht, CBS News, 18 Nov. 2025
Houston also jumbo-sized their lineup during the third preseason game, going with Amen Thompson (6-foot-7), Jabari Smith (6-foot-11), Kevin Durant (6-foot-11), Alperen Sengun (6-foot-11) and Steven Adams (6-foot-11).
—Stan Son, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2025
And yet, after a series of further downward spirals that will dig this scalawag even deeper into a hole and some supernatural mumbo-jumbo, his luck curiously starts to change….
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 14 Oct. 2025
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Luca Evans, Denver Post, 1 Dec. 2025
Rocket also offers a wide range of loan options to choose from nationwide, including conventional, jumbo, FHA and VA loans, with down payments starting at 1% for qualifying programs.
—Angelica Leicht, CBS News, 18 Nov. 2025
Houston also jumbo-sized their lineup during the third preseason game, going with Amen Thompson (6-foot-7), Jabari Smith (6-foot-11), Kevin Durant (6-foot-11), Alperen Sengun (6-foot-11) and Steven Adams (6-foot-11).
—Stan Son, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2025
And yet, after a series of further downward spirals that will dig this scalawag even deeper into a hole and some supernatural mumbo-jumbo, his luck curiously starts to change….
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 14 Oct. 2025
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“Jumbo.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/jumbo. Accessed 6 Dec. 2025.
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from Jumbo, name of a huge elephant shown by circus owner P. T. Barnum
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