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stumble

[stuhm-buhl] / ˈstʌm bəl /




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The robots still stumble — but China is teaching them to walk.

From MarketWatch • May 27, 2026

You’re probably not going to stumble upon pristine ribeyes here.

From Salon • May 22, 2026

The strongest element of this book is the colorful cast of characters who stride and sometimes stumble through its pages.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026

“Brigadoon,” a romantic fantasy about two Americans who stumble upon a mystical Scottish village that magically comes to life for a single day once every 100 years, might seem to be irredeemably old-fashioned.

From Los Angeles Times • May 20, 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




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