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stumble

[stuhm-buhl] / ˈstʌm bəl /




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One bad game doesn’t mean the season is over, but for a Rams team set on a Super Bowl-or-bust trajectory, they can’t afford another prime-time stumble.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026

U.S. equities generally stumble toward the beginning of interest-rate hiking cycles by the Federal Reserve – but there are certain markets which outperform, according to Citigroup.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 8, 2026

There is this idea that through market-controlling systems like the draft and the salary cap, any team, no matter how minor or shabby, may stumble into a transcendent talent and anoint a dynasty.

From Slate ● Aug. 28, 2026

Plus, Asian tech companies stumble and Moderna’s second act.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026

Then I stand back up, lean left, right, backward, and then wobble and stumble across home.

From "A High Five for Glenn Burke" by Phil Bildner

It’s not just that a robot becomes less threatening when it stumbles.

From Slate ● Sep. 27, 2026

One evening, poring through the picturesque archives at the Yale Club while researching her monograph on memory and mind palace theory, Béatrice stumbles upon a curious audiotape.

From Salon ● Sep. 7, 2026

The stumbles add to a string of struggles in the meal-kit industry since the boom times of the pandemic receded.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026

With Pompeii’s sun blacked out, he stumbles around in the dark with a flashlight.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 22, 2026

He stumbles down the steps, which narrow to the dugout basement.

From "A Bird Will Soar" by Alison Green Myers

That same year, Amodei stumbled on a link on an economics blog that led him to a nonprofit charity-evaluator called GiveWell.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 27, 2026

While the U.S. stock market has sometimes stumbled this year after Treasury yields’ sudden bursts higher, Kourkafas sees economic growth and a rotation into tech helping the S&P 500 digest higher rates.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 26, 2026

That means the Dodgers will get five days off next week to prepare for their playoff opener, a godsend for a bruised and bloodied team that has stumbled to the finish of the regular season.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026

He stumbled out of bed in his underwear and down the hall to his darkened living room.

From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026

Her feet had trouble working, and she stumbled as she stepped out of the shed.

From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz

The 10-year Treasury yield hit 5% last week, a level that’s been a stumbling point for stocks in the past.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 22, 2026

If “Backrooms” was all about stumbling onto a place humans aren’t supposed to go, “Chronovisor” puts us exactly where we need to be.

From Salon ● Sep. 7, 2026

“Go” catches the frenetic, tumbling, stumbling pace of the Beat generation.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 31, 2026

By 2007, I couldn't keep covering up my stumbling with excuses and so felt I had to reveal my diagnosis.

From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026

“I’ll be able to tell in a moment,” Taran said, helping the stumbling bard to sit down and prop his back against an alder.

From "The Black Cauldron" by Lloyd Alexander




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