bumble
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To examine how different pollinators interact, the team divided flower visitors into five groups: honey bees, bumble bees, solitary bees, hoverflies, and an 'other' category containing butterflies, beetles, and wasps.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 22, 2026
If I bumble that first line, we came to France for nothing.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 11, 2026
Could 9-8 be enough to bumble into the playoffs this season?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2025
The research employed a combination of field and laboratory studies, starting with quantifying pesticide residues at suitable hibernation sites for bumble bee queens on Ontario farms.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 18, 2024
There was the sound like a great matted yellow hive of bees within a dark bellows, the lazy bumble of a purring lion.
From "The Martian Chronicles" by Ray Bradbury
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
It was a monumental deal, one that could come to define Thompson’s career and help repair Angel City’s brand as a rich club that has mostly bumbled its way through its first four seasons.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2025
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
Amazed, bumbled by the beauty and devotion of this community to its local spirits.
From "Shadowshaper" by Daniel José Older
Supporters and opposers of his decision are united: He’s a bumbler whose bumbling made things more expensive.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026
The fumbling, bumbling Chargers keep stumbling in their unprecedented 0-4 start in the Jim Harbaugh era.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 10, 2026
But I always thought of it as kind of a portrait of parenthood, bumbling through parenting.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2026
Dumb luck and a last-minute assist from his less charismatic, bumbling pseudo-sibling finally get him into the spotlight.
From Salon ● Aug. 16, 2026
“I’ve got it!” howls Pebble, who comes bumbling out of the exact wrong bush behind the marmot.
From "Wayward Creatures" by Dayna Lorentz
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