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

“That didn’t happen. But I didn’t stumble into the space left open — I saw a possibility and went for it,” she writes.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2026

They stumble and they fall and they do not get up, and when I look down, the pain in my side is not from running.

From "The Light in Hidden Places" by Sharon Cameron

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

If Nvidia stumbles, your portfolio, and perhaps the broader economy, is going to take a beating, even if you don’t own the stock.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 27, 2026

The firm had temporary stumbles, including a loss in early 2025 after the release of a low-cost AI model from Chinese startup DeepSeek prompted a selloff in Nvidia and other AI-adjacent stocks.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026

And if management stumbles out of the gate, shares trade at a discount to the S&P 500, which offers investors a floor.

From Barron's ● Jun. 11, 2026

He scrambles from beneath the desk and stands to pull them up, but his head throbs so intensely, he stumbles.

From "Dear Martin" by Nic Stone

The closest he came was with two laps to go as Verstappen stumbled over some lapped cars, but despite a mistake at Turn Five, the Dutchman was able to hold on.

From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2026

It was hours before he stumbled onto a fire hydrant.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026

Stocks stumbled out of the gate after Labor Day, with a jittery tone gripping markets as the typically weak month of September began in earnest after the holiday.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 8, 2026

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

They had stumbled either upon a serious flaw in modern financial markets or into a great gambling run.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis

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

One stumbling block: Rules that might once have offered guidance are gone, leaving individuals to puzzle out what’s appropriate for the workplace themselves.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026

After stumbling, the Nasdaq accelerated, with its gain in Bespoke’s indexed series reaching 592.5% in March 2000.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 31, 2026

She was almost out of sight now in among the trees, as Mutti came stumbling back towards us.

From "An Elephant in the Garden" by Michael Morpurgo