trip over

Example Sentences

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“This is our 30th trip over 20 years,” Daggett said.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 6, 2026

Some four vessels made the trip over the weekend, but carrying small volumes of fuels, not crude, and half were linked to Iran.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 1, 2026

Wearing an eye mask fashioned out of a dollar bill with strategic holes cut in it, so as not to trip over Jeff Bezos, Paulson’s look dared to ask: “In this economy?”

From Salon • May 5, 2026

“I’d love to see art again and landscapes and the beauty of the world. And I’d like not to trip over curbs.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 12, 2026

I walk into the room and sit, amazed I didn’t trip over the people sitting on the floor.

From "A Mango-Shaped Space" by Wendy Mass