bump into
Britishverb
Example Sentences
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They also tend to be out of town, where there are fewer bureaucratic hurdles and where customers are less likely to bump into their neighbors.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 25, 2026
Barely a day goes by where she doesn’t bump into former co-workers from the hospital — at the grocery store or the coffee shop or school pick-up.
From Salon ● May 27, 2026
"You can come on the train at Leeds where you bump into people every second, and you get off the train here and there's nobody. There's just scenery."
From BBC ● May 1, 2026
"Our approach is like taking a wide-angle camera inside the ballroom. Now we can see how the dancers are pairing up and paying attention to one another, so they don't bump into each other."
From Science Daily ● Apr. 27, 2026
On my way out of the room, I bump into Alex.
From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy
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