How to Use on the stump in a Sentence
on the stump
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Everyone hears him on the stump mic.
—Tim Spiers, New York Times, 21 Dec. 2025
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Stoltenberg is relishing being back on the stump.
—Tom Little, Reuters, 29 Aug. 2025
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Trump began calling out Tren de Aragua on the stump.
—Jonathan Blitzer, New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2025
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There have been no signs of temperance by the president on the stump in recent days.
—Susan Page, USA TODAY, 22 Oct. 2020
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Trump is seventy-seven and often rambling and shouty on the stump.
—Clare Malone, The New Yorker, 25 Jan. 2024
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Earlier this month on the stump, Joe Biden tried some Bernie-style class war on for size.
—J.c. Pan, The New Republic, 22 Oct. 2020
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His riposte on the stump that voters should just go about their lives and stop worrying is unlikely to sell.
—Shawn Tully, Fortune, 26 Oct. 2020
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Trump has also made factual mistakes while on the stump during his off-script tangents.
—Lalee Ibssa, ABC News, 31 Oct. 2023
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Today, Kennedy is trying to keep this record on the down-low, in favor of a more mainstream vibe on the stump.
—Time, 5 July 2023
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Pouring the herbicide wastes it and prevents it from remaining on the stump.
—Lee Wallender, The Spruce, 19 Feb. 2026
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Her lackluster style on the stump won’t matter much in a campaign without real campaign events.
—John McCormack, National Review, 11 Aug. 2020
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Cuban became a frequent Harris surrogate on cable news and on the stump.
—Kyle Khan-Mullins, Forbes, 7 Nov. 2024
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Out on the stump, her jeremiads against the New Deal also failed to rouse voters.
—oregonlive, 27 Sep. 2022
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Trump, on the other hand, has been striking a quasi-isolationist stance on the stump that seems to be finding favor on the trail.
—Shawn Tully, Fortune, 2 Nov. 2024
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Even as Romney was remaking himself on the stump, his faith remained an abiding presence.
—Michael Luo, The New Yorker, 23 Oct. 2023
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Within a matter of days, that stump should be effectively dead, but the process may stretch out a bit depending on the stump’s resilience.
—Steven John, Architectural Digest, 13 Feb. 2026
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So why did the election denialists, so bold and outspoken on the stump, not press their false claims that the election had been stolen once the votes were counted?
—Christopher Beem, CNN, 15 Nov. 2022
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The woman never changed her position on the stump, but the man moved closer and leaned his shoulder tentatively against her knee.
—Lisa Wells, Harper’s Magazine , 15 Mar. 2023
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And Kelly isn't known to exactly deliver a barnburner on the stump.
—Tal Axelrod, ABC News, 5 Aug. 2024
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Sanders maintains an impassioned core following and is one of the biggest draws on the stump for Democrats nationwide.
—BostonGlobe.com, 19 Oct. 2022
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Democrats have invested heavily in field offices and staff in swing states, moves Biden regularly touts on the stump.
—Jennifer Jacobs and Bill Allison / Bloomberg, TIME, 16 July 2024
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Neither Hobbs nor Kelly speak about each others’ campaigns much on the stump, or that of Fontes and Mayes.
—Eric Cortellessa, Time, 7 Nov. 2022
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Though the president has never been a model of clarity on the stump, his message here seems admirably straightforward.
—Heather Wilhelm, National Review, 9 Nov. 2023
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Some want to see him out on the stump, both with Harris and by himself, as well as in ads and high-profile White House addresses.
—Tal Axelrod, ABC News, 27 July 2024
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And while Trump is often at his most comfortable and freewheeling while on the stump, that can also lead to problematic soundbites.
—Brett Samuels, The Hill, 14 Dec. 2025
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Ellzey dramatically outraised and outspent Wright in the runoff campaign, and was very visible on the stump and in the media.
—Paul Steinhauser, Fox News, 28 July 2021
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Hobbs, on the other hand, relied heavily on the turnout of a progressive base that might have reacted poorly to Sinema’s presence on the stump.
—Robert Draper, New York Times, 1 May 2023
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And another reason is, frankly, DeSantis' own performance on the stump is leaving some people with a lot to be desired.
—Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 7 July 2023
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As for the suckers, they can be treated by the same product used on the stump, either by cutting them and then painting the tiny cut surface with a small watercolor-sized brush dipped in the triclopyr.
—oregonlive, 16 Apr. 2023
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Garcia and Yang, who both dismissed the allegation as ridiculous, continued to appear together on the stump right up through the eve of the election.
—Gregory Krieg, CNN, 22 June 2021
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