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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tumps (over)
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Byron Nelson topples Guyer, evens series Byron Nelson defeated Denton Guyer 2-1 to even the two squads’ Class 6A Division II regional final series at Byron Nelson High School.—
Charles Baggarly,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
15 May 2026 -
Weiss took the recent Iranian protests seriously, asking staff during one morning call if the new round of protests could be the wave that topples the regime, leading to skepticism from some journalists in London.—
Max Tani,
semafor.com,
2 Mar. 2026
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The central spaces in which Palmer likes to operate have also felt clogged at times, particularly when Marc Cucurella inverts from left-back.—
Liam Twomey,
New York Times,
3 June 2026
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Repealing them wholesale to generate 28 more IPOs per year, while potentially widening information asymmetry across the full $69 trillion market, inverts the cost-benefit ratio by an order of magnitude.—
Shivaram Rajgopal,
Forbes.com,
24 May 2026
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Ruling upends August elections At the center of the controversy is an ambiguous ruling from the Missouri Supreme Court last month that left local election officials scrambling.—
Kacen Bayless,
Kansas City Star,
12 June 2026
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Her stunning debut memoir is about how trauma upends narrative structures, and the struggle to write about it anyway despite its unwieldiness.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
11 June 2026
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“Tumps (over).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tumps%20%28over%29. Accessed 14 Jun. 2026.
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