stumble upon
Example Sentences
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So, they serve up an array of the outlandish - mid-scroll, viewers stumble upon a lover's fight or a menacing standoff.
From BBC • Feb. 27, 2026
It’s fun to just play around in the sandbox and experiment and stumble upon something.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 16, 2025
Outside of deliberate research, my reading is largely a product of whatever I happen to serendipitously stumble upon in used bookstores.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 12, 2025
While not every movie was a surefire hit, you’d be hard-pressed to stumble upon something that wasn’t at the very least interesting.
From Salon • Feb. 6, 2025
During one of Stuart Hutchison’s forays into the storm to look for the missing members of Rob Hall’s team, he was shocked to stumble upon Boukreev sitting alone out in the blizzard.
From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer
