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Now, researchers from the University of Oulu, the University of Helsinki, and the University of Turku in Finland have found comparable abilities in bumble bees.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 3, 2026

Philadelphia managed to bumble its way into the play-in and squeaked into the playoffs to face Boston.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 4, 2026

When, in the farcical, action-oriented second half, some attempt to execute a … plot, they bumble and argue and push each other to the front.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 30, 2025

Despite all the heavy talk, the film is peppered with moments of levity - the director occasionally cuts away abruptly from tough conversations to run footage of soothing shorelines and bumble bees on flowers.

From BBC ● Jun. 13, 2024

There was the sound like a great matted yellow hive of bees within a dark bellows, the lazy bumble of a purring lion.

From "The Martian Chronicles" by Ray Bradbury

The Steelers had bumbled into the decisive Week 18 contest by managing the impossible and losing to Shedeur Sanders and Cleveland the week before, extending Baltimore’s life.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 5, 2026

I bumbled my way through an explanation of not having had my coffee yet and leaving them in the car by mistake.

From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2025

It was a monumental deal, one that could come to define Thompson’s career and help repair Angel City’s brand as a rich club that has mostly bumbled its way through its first four seasons.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2025

The Chinese balloon that bumbled its way across the United States has launched a thousand questions about its real intent.

From New York Times ● Feb. 6, 2023

No more could he afford to be the silly little novice that had bumbled about the Abbey before the start of the present troubles.

From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques

But I always thought of it as kind of a portrait of parenthood, bumbling through parenting.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2026

In its long, bumbling quest to return to the summit of the sport it invented, England has invested billions to build a squad capable of lifting the World Cup.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 17, 2026

What Lily couldn’t have foreseen, of course, was that her amateur detective skills would become necessary when, one day, George is found dead, and the investigation by a bumbling local policeman isn’t up to snuff.

From Salon ● May 25, 2026

"The island would not be the same without him. He's still bumbling, still a wee bit getting the wrong end of the stick quite a lot."

From BBC ● Apr. 11, 2026

"Ain't I been listening to your stomach rumbling- bumbling for the last hour? Do me the kindness of filling the kettle at the pump. Soon as the potatoes are boiled up, we'll feast, eh?"

From "The Whipping Boy" by Sid Fleischman