Example Sentences

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Like several other consumer goods companies, Kimberly-Clark has been bumping up the prices of its products to offset spiraling costs associated with labor, supply chains and raw materials like fiber.

From Reuters • Apr. 25, 2023

Conagra, like its peers Campbell Soup Co, Kraft Heinz Co and Unilever PLC, has been bumping up product prices in recent months to offset inflationary pressures, aiding the sales momentum over the past year.

From Reuters • Oct. 7, 2021

Lucenzo – “Danza Kuduro” This jam has been bumping out of New York City car speakers every summer for the past eight years.

From Slate • Oct. 18, 2018

But far from showing signs of taking off, inflation, currently 0.1%, has been bumping along the floor.

From BBC • Jan. 12, 2016

I feel as if I hadn’t had anything for a week, and the food has been bumping about my lips and asking to go in ever since we started.

From Crown and Sceptre A West Country Story by Nash, J.