bumble

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

From Los Angeles Times ● May 11, 2026

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

Could 9-8 be enough to bumble into the playoffs this season?

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2025

Despite all the heavy talk, the film is peppered with moments of levity - the director occasionally cuts away abruptly from tough conversations to run footage of soothing shorelines and bumble bees on flowers.

From BBC ● Jun. 13, 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

The misstep and bumbled efforts to correct it, which left many unable to work their speakers, infuriated the brand’s loyal customers and took a toll on the company’s bottom line.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 13, 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

The difference between me and the others is that I was painfully aware of my ignorance, while others like Simmon bumbled around, making asses of themselves with their clumsy courting.

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss

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

"The island would not be the same without him. He's still bumbling, still a wee bit getting the wrong end of the stick quite a lot."

From BBC ● Apr. 11, 2026

These include the theater’s posh director Meredith Potter; Stella’s bumbling surrogate father, Uncle Vernon; and the heartthrob P.L.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 3, 2026

Several shared memes of Mr. Bean giving the middle finger, likening Iranian retaliatory attacks on the Gulf to the bumbling comedic character.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 8, 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