stumbled

Example Sentences

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None of that would have happened if the U.S. had stumbled across that big stage, though.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 7, 2026

The “pattern day trader” rule has long prompted complaints from investors, often after they unexpectedly stumbled upon it by buying and selling stocks too much.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026

But this campaign Liverpool stumbled their way into the Champions League.

From BBC • Jun. 1, 2026

The irony of the Daily Wire’s historical excursion is that Walsh has stumbled into an approximation of the very historical critique that critical race theorists have advanced for decades.

From Salon • May 20, 2026

They avoided other clumps of blackened trees just in case they stumbled into more holes, but each time Owen saw a burned-out denning site, he felt a pang of sadness.

From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz