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In this case, an even wider comparison can be drawn: like the global economy, Huaxi may be bumping up against limits to growth.

Bumping up and down Pune's older potholed highways proves that the car's suspension can take on India's decrepit infrastructure.

the tight supplies have led to sharp price increases , bumping up companies ' costs and eating into profit margins.

Jack kept bumping up against Mary in line, Finally Mary turned to him and said , "Please! "

Yields have risen enough that they could be bumping up against technical resistance, several analysts said.

Already, there are signs that China is bumping up against the limits of its industrial revolution.

After trimming yields on cash accounts last fall, some banks are bumping up rates again to lure new deposits.

People, it seems, are becoming fungible, and, as in a game of pinball, you score points by bumping up against as many of them as possible.

So you see, it is a system in crisis. All along the way, we are bumping up limits.

Jeffrey Currie of Goldman Sachs reckons that demand could be "bumping up" against capacity in 18 months.

Our jeep was bumping up and down as we drove along the mountain trail.

We need those things too, but we're also bumping up against their limits.

But on the hardest issues he is bumping up against some harsh realities.

And it can be tied to Internet access, bumping up access speeds appreciably .

Another way of bumping up the number of workers is to employ more immigrants, though this is a cultural minefield in Japan.

every jolt the bloody car gave i had her bumping up against me