- present participle of stumble.
stumbling
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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
Uber’s new Kenyan safari business is stumbling as local guides push back against the idea.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 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 tumult comes as the 10-year yield was moving close to the widely watched 5% threshold, which many see as a stumbling block for stocks.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 9, 2026
But after five minutes of half running, half stumbling, the forest remained as thick as ever.
From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros
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