Example Sentences

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In light of the various industry-focused stock-market declines driven by AI adoption, some professional investors have been jumping onto downtrodden stocks.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 13, 2026

She and her fiance work the graveyard shift at Amazon, but they went two weeks without pay after the fire displaced them, and have been jumping from motel to motel.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 20, 2024

"I don't think we're seeing what we need to be seeing, especially with inflation, those numbers have been jumping around a little bit," she added.

From Reuters • Feb. 17, 2023

So it seems to have been jumping around a little.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 25, 2014

No, no, no, she couldn’t have been jumping to conclusions this whole time!

From "Witchlings" by Claribel A. Ortega