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A minor stumble could become a safety hazard if the robot falls over, she added.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 16, 2026

As the name suggests, Stolpersteine are intended as memorials people stumble upon, making them reflect on the history of their location.

From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2026

Following a stumble in 1903, stocks soared again, returning 69% in the next three years.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026

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

At best, we could stumble into Kashgar and try somehow to reassemble our stock at the grand market where merchants unloaded their goods before tackling the mountain pass or turning back eastward to Turfan.

From "The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams" by Daniel Nayeri

He stumbles up and runs from the classroom.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2026

A one-year-old toddler stumbles around an immigration court in Louisiana, crying.

From Barron's ● Oct. 4, 2026

Most of Workman’s tales are fact-based and reenacted with puppets, although she also stumbles off-site to her local dive bar or her apartment for occasional “Interview with a Demon” segments.

From Salon ● Oct. 2, 2026

It’s not just that a robot becomes less threatening when it stumbles.

From Slate ● Sep. 27, 2026

He stumbles on, not even an inch of the man he was.

From "Harry Potter and the Cursed Child" by J.K. Rowling

Before Quenneville arrived, the Ducks stumbled through a franchise-record seven straight losing seasons.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 27, 2026

Nieuwenhuijsen asked her son, Tim de Jonge, who worked in the marketing department of the Museum de Fundatie in Zwolle, to see if Schultz painted anything interesting, and the pair soon stumbled onto Levine’s podcast.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 26, 2026

While the U.S. stock market has sometimes stumbled this year after Treasury yields’ sudden bursts higher, Kourkafas sees economic growth and a rotation into tech helping the S&P 500 digest higher rates.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 26, 2026

For years, many assumed they had stumbled upon a government checkpoint, and that the abduction of the journalist had been opportunistic.

From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026

We leave out my days of caring for her in secret on Mom’s advice—the whole CJC thing is meant to stay confidential—and make out like this was a cause we stumbled upon.

From "Wayward Creatures" by Dayna Lorentz

Finally, the stumbling continues … as they cannot beat teams they should or pull out potential victories over the more challenging ones.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 10, 2026

NAIROBI—Uber’s new Kenyan safari business is stumbling as local guides push back against the idea of the ride-hailing giant muscling into a trade they have practiced for decades.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 27, 2026

There has been a wave of criticism in Germany after the town of Heidenau, near Dresden in Saxony, decided to ban "stumbling stone" memorials to victims of the Nazis.

From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2026

The 10-year Treasury yield hit 5% last week, a level that’s been a stumbling point for stocks in the past.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 22, 2026

A studious-looking boy with a wheeling backpack freezes when he sees her, like an alarmed traveler stumbling upon a piece of unattended luggage at the airport.

From "A Heart in a Body in the World" by Deb Caletti