bumble

If I bumble that first line, we came to France for nothing.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 11, 2026

In the play, two minor characters from Shakespeare’s “Hamlet” bumble about, confused about their role in the prince’s drama, and wander into existential discussions about the search for meaning.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 29, 2025

Six bumble bee colonies foraged in a shared arena where they could approach feeders that either had ants nearby or had no ants at all.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 13, 2025

Miner's findings, published in the Journal of Insect Science, involved an extensive review of more than 4,300 individual behaviors recorded from over 415 bumble bees.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 13, 2025

Listen to this one: 'Bee it ever so bumble there’s no place like comb.’”

From "Cheaper by the Dozen" by Frank B. Gilbreth Jr. and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey

The Steelers had bumbled into the decisive Week 18 contest by managing the impossible and losing to Shedeur Sanders and Cleveland the week before, extending Baltimore’s life.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 5, 2026

I bumbled my way through an explanation of not having had my coffee yet and leaving them in the car by mistake.

From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2025

I got this idea that I could try to draw or write something but bumbled around with it for a long time.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 15, 2023

The Chinese balloon that bumbled its way across the U.S. prompted many questions about its real intent.

From New York Times ● Feb. 7, 2023

No more could he afford to be the silly little novice that had bumbled about the Abbey before the start of the present troubles.

From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques

It’s also true of how the ICE agents are portrayed as bumbling “mall cops,” white and Latino people from border communities who need a job.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 21, 2026

But I always thought of it as kind of a portrait of parenthood, bumbling through parenting.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2026

Blunt stole the show with laugh-out-loud one-liners, often delivered dripping with contempt to Hathaway’s bumbling newbie second assistant.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 4, 2026

In that Peacock series, Elizabeth Banks’ Lindy Littlejohn is a best-selling author tired of diminishing her well-earned reputation to placate her husband, a bumbling scientist.

From Salon ● Apr. 23, 2026

And there were those fat puffins, looking like chumps, bumbling around like they had no idea how to get on in the world, looking dumb and stupid, and so beautiful that I wanted to...nothing.

From "Okay for Now" by Gary D. Schmidt