stumble across
Example Sentences
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The communal misery was intense if you happened to stumble across some sad pool of it.
From Salon • Jan. 21, 2026
Come May in Seattle, you can’t help but stumble across flowers bursting out of every yard.
From Seattle Times • May 18, 2024
At one point, when asked if he brought classified material from the West Wing or Naval Observatory to his lake house in Wilmington, Delaware, Biden quipped about what someone in the home might stumble across:
From Slate • Mar. 13, 2024
"I've been off social media for a while now, anything I stumble across, I delete it from the phone," he said.
From BBC • Dec. 5, 2023
They could understand why this very bright guy rooting around in financial statements might stumble across a small company no one else was paying attention to.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
