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as in swelling
a small rounded mass of swollen tissue
that's a nasty bump on your arm where you hit the table
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as in collision
a forceful coming together of two things
I felt the bump of the other car, but there was no damage to either vehicle
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as in to bang
to come into usually forceful contact with something
that police officer bumped into me and should have apologized
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Recent Examples of bump
Greg Evans,
Deadline,
23 June 2026
When Facebook went public in 2012, it was considered by many as the worst big IPO in a decade because there was no big initial bump in share price.
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Erik Sherman,
Forbes.com,
23 June 2026
ABC News,
22 June 2026
The team initially brought McCollum off the bench before bumping him intothe starting unit after the All-Star break.
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Lauren Williams,
AJC.com,
21 June 2026
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Also closing on June 21 was The Balusters, seeing a sizable bump of $81,395 (to $351,588) in its final seven-performance week.
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Greg Evans,
Deadline,
23 June 2026
When Facebook went public in 2012, it was considered by many as the worst big IPO in a decade because there was no big initial bump in share price.
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Erik Sherman,
Forbes.com,
23 June 2026
Verb
Scotland fans are in Miami for the national team’s World Cup match against Brazil on Wednesday and many attended Monday’s series opener bumping the attendance to 20,008.
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ABC News,
22 June 2026
The team initially brought McCollum off the bench before bumping him intothe starting unit after the All-Star break.
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Lauren Williams,
AJC.com,
21 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bump
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Eventually, the swelling went down.
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The swelling is a reoccurrence of the original injury suffered by Abel in mid-April.
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City employees allegedly took demotions or resigned to avoid a toxic work environment.
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Before his demotion, Lewis was swinging at everything, and the strikeouts began to pile up.
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The collision sent Bowie careening into a minivan parked nearby.
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Now, a team of researchers assessed this signal and found a feature in the gravitational waves represents the collective event horizon of the involved black holes at the very moment of that collision.
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Soon, the players on the field joined in, sitting down and rowing as captain Martin Ødegaard banged a large drum.
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Against Senegal, the horn was blown by a Norway fan while the team’s captain, Martin Odegaard, banged the drum to coordinate the rowing motion.
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Far from lumps of rock, the trojans, along with DJ and Dinkinesh (which is the Ethiopian name for the Lucy fossil), are windows into the past, and the storytellers of the Earth's most ancient history.
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Rather than receiving a lump-sum loan upfront, borrowers can access a credit line as needed during the draw period (up to the credit limit).
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Michael Reaves / Getty Images The decision to hire May fell in the lap of Mavericks president Masai Ujiri, who took over the team last month following the firing of former GM Nico Harrison in November.
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Johnson’s Office of Community Safety has seen major and sudden changes in recent months, particularly in Johnson’s sudden firing of Gatewood.
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Not long after, Jamison’s parents reported hearing a loud thump, as though someone had fallen, according to prosecutors.
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While playing Pragmata, the thump of approaching robots had solid directionality, and the weapon blasts had a good amount of low-end force.
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The vehicle stopped at the end of the ramp, then the motorcycle collided with it.
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State police learned that a 23-year-old man from Newington was driving a Lexus ES 300 on I-91 South just south of the on-ramp from the Whitehead Highway when a motorcycle traveling the wrong way collided with the vehicle.
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“Bump.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bump. Accessed 29 Jun. 2026.
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