stumbling
Example Sentences
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The "constant delay and aimless stumbling" around the project had made any planned recovery even more "painful, slow and difficult", as the town's experienced salt workers were now long retired or dead, he said.
From Barron's ● Jul. 15, 2026
But unlike pieces of art, there is a big stumbling block to relying on the philanthropy of private estates when it comes to the study of fossils.
From BBC ● Jul. 11, 2026
Super Micro encountered a stumbling block in March, when co-founder Wally Liaw and other employees were charged with diverting $2.5 billion worth of Nvidia chips to China.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 22, 2026
Between a new executive order, a clash with Anthropic and high-tech wars, the U.S. is stumbling into an AI arms race that the world is struggling to control.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 20, 2026
He tore through the thick forest, dodging trees and stumbling over rocks.
From I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 by Lauren Tarshis