stumble across
Example Sentences
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Outsiders would sometimes stumble across the Rocket Lab community and be swept up in its orbit.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 10, 2026
Scroll through TikTok and you may soon stumble across Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo cutting each other's hair, or boarding the Titanic in Edwardian dress.
From BBC • Mar. 2, 2026
“I often fantasized that one day my dad would stumble across my face on a magazine cover and be overcome with regret for not getting to know such a wonderful girl,” writes Ione Skye.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 4, 2025
Come May in Seattle, you can’t help but stumble across flowers bursting out of every yard.
From Seattle Times • May 18, 2024
In fact, it felt as if the name had existed all along, and she’d finally been clairvoyant enough to stumble across it.
From "Throne of Glass" by Sarah J. Maas
