Example Sentences

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Bank of Nova Scotia bumped up its dividend as it logged a lift in fiscal second-quarter profit on the back of a lower credit-loss provision and growth across its segments.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 27, 2026

It began when Verhoeven bumped into Briton Statham - a close ally of Saudi boxing powerbroker Turki Alalshikh - in Las Vegas in September 2024, during the Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez v Terence Crawford fight week.

From BBC • May 22, 2026

In 2024, voters bumped it up to a half-cent.

From Los Angeles Times • May 12, 2026

Keys and Mulder said in their earlier study that reinsurance -- insurers themselves buying protection against risk -- has bumped up premiums as firms experienced a "climate epiphany."

From Barron's • May 11, 2026

He stepped back so fast he bumped into me.

From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls