Example Sentences

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“This should be a race where the governor is stumping for the first female mayor of Buffalo,” he said.

From New York Times • Sep. 27, 2021

One of the most effective tactics my local union has used is stumping for the school board candidates they’ve endorsed.

From Slate • Dec. 17, 2020

Nine days before the election, the GOP nominee is stumping in Arizona.

From The Guardian • Oct. 28, 2016

But Reid is leaving nothing to chance, dispatching some of his key Washington staffers to Nevada for the final stretch, while a slate of heavy-hitting Democrats is stumping at her side.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 11, 2016

Next moment, Mr Wegg is stumping under the gaslights and through the mud.

From Our Mutual Friend by Dickens, Charles