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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

Energy Information Administration showed a bump in U.S. gasoline inventories, but they still were more than 12 million barrels below the five-year average, said Denton Cinquegrana, an analyst with Dow Jones Energy.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 24, 2026

Ramsay, the daughter of TV chef Gordon Ramsay, shared the news on Instagram, external on Saturday, posting a photograph showing off her baby bump as the smiling pair stare into each other's eyes.

From BBC • Jun. 20, 2026

South Korea fan Ben Lee was performing soccer kick-ups with a pack of Shin Noodles when he saw Kevin Gonzalez walk by in a Mexico shirt and offered him a fist bump.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 19, 2026

Many men were needed to steer the barge so it would not bump into the river banks.

From "The (Mostly) True Story of Cleopatra's Needle" by Dan Gutman