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stumble across



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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

"It's scary to think that there are places where this dangerous material is just being dumped and members of the public aren't aware aware of it, that anybody could just stumble across."

From BBC • Aug. 2, 2025

Remarkably few of these old-world venues remain in circulation — there are only a handful in America — although they are much revered in Europe, where it is much more common to stumble across one.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 4, 2025

In response to a comment, Robinson said he didn't stumble across the image.

From Salon • May 15, 2024

We stumble across in the dark and as though he had been spat there every man lies glued behind a mound.

From "All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel" by Erich Maria Remarque




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