stumble

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

While watching a film is something you could do back home, she says people might stumble on an old theatre which is "still a part of the history of that city".

From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2026

“If someone is afraid they are going to lose something like their job, they are going to stumble over themselves.”

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 29, 2026

They stumble over time into an unlikely friendship.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2026

I stumble up the bank, trying to move fast, but the water keeps sloshing out of my shoes.

From "Wayward Creatures" by Dayna Lorentz

In Lee Chang-dong’s ‘Possible Love,’ a budding connection stumbles over the class divide.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 10, 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

“Anthropic, and its competitors, will have some stumbles as these companies expand rapidly,” Ritter says.

From Barron's ● Jun. 13, 2026

He stumbles and throws his arms over his ears.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr

When he was asked in the heat of the 2024 presidential race about how he planned to address child care, an issue affecting families of all political persuasions, he stumbled.

From Salon ● Sep. 7, 2026

The irony, as the region stumbled into the ’80s, is that between its wealth and carefully cultivated isolation, Marin came to exemplify the ethos of conformist America: every man for himself.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2026

Earlier this year, famed energy trader John Arnold stumbled on a supersimple portfolio — 50% technology, 50% energy —and, honestly, it’s hard to argue with, with a 37% year-to-date advance, according to MarketWatch’s latest calculations.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 2, 2026

But, after having their hand forced by the retirement of Ben Stokes, England have stumbled on something encouraging.

From BBC ● Aug. 28, 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

Early on, I felt like an intruder in Arlene’s world, stumbling over her letters and term sheets.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026

The tumult comes as the 10-year yield was moving close to the widely watched 5% threshold, which many see as a stumbling block for stocks.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 9, 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

"I was a party planner for over 10 years and ... I was very sustainably focused. The final stumbling block for me was the balloon waste," she told AFP.

From Barron's ● Aug. 23, 2026

Dispirited and battleworn, carrying their fallen leader, the maimed and wounded hobbled painfully along at the rear, the bitter ashes of vanquishment and defeat mingling with the dust from their stumbling vanguard.

From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques