stumble upon
Example Sentences
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When she and her family inevitably left town and didn’t stumble upon Charlie Brown and his motley crew, she was perplexed.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 23, 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
It comes amid a broader shift towards tech companies making it more difficult for children to stumble upon harmful or explicit content.
From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2025
It was not difficult for students to stumble upon examples of mislabelling.
From Salon ● Oct. 29, 2024
He might stumble upon the little cottage in the cove and he would not be happy beneath its tumbled roof, the thin rain beating a tattoo.
From "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier
