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bumble

[buhm-buhl] / ˈbʌm bəl /


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Now, researchers from the University of Oulu, the University of Helsinki, and the University of Turku in Finland have found comparable abilities in bumble bees.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 3, 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

"We found that larger bumble bee queens, typically more likely to survive winter and establish successful colonies, were paradoxically more vulnerable to pesticide exposure," Dr. Rondeau explains.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 18, 2024

I was so nervous I feared I would bumble and make a fool of myself.

From "Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography" by Mark Mathabane

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

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 Po-2s were hard to see in the dark as they bumbled along, and the German fighters couldn’t fly slowly enough to get an easy shot at them.

From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein

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

The fumbling, bumbling Chargers keep stumbling in their unprecedented 0-4 start in the Jim Harbaugh era.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 10, 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

"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

They weren’t bumbling like the ones on the stage.

From "The Strangers" by Margaret Peterson Haddix


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