stumble on
Example Sentences
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“You can get very lucky and happen to find life-changing amounts of money if you stumble on the right spot.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 13, 2025
It’s a lonely time of year, but, browsing the internet, I stumble on a site called Candy.ai that promises to help.
From New York Times • Feb. 9, 2024
The argument could be made, especially when Jordan, keen to collaborate with Sebastián in every sense, follows him home to Mexico City, only to stumble on a mystery of ludicrous yet weirdly plausible proportions.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 8, 2023
In large part her identity reclamation journey has been delightful, if relatively limited, save for this episode's accidental stumble on an Instagram post of Andre with his newly pregnant lover.
From Salon • Aug. 13, 2023
But Mr. Randolph seemed to know each word, prompting her gently if she started to stumble on an unfamiliar one, and joining her, powerfully and musically, on his own favorite lines.
From "The Great Gilly Hopkins" by Katherine Paterson
