stumble across

Example Sentences

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"It's scary to think that there are places where this dangerous material is just being dumped and members of the public aren't aware aware of it, that anybody could just stumble across."

From BBC • Aug. 2, 2025

In response to a comment, Robinson said he didn't stumble across the image.

From Salon • May 15, 2024

At one point, when asked if he brought classified material from the West Wing or Naval Observatory to his lake house in Wilmington, Delaware, Biden quipped about what someone in the home might stumble across:

From Slate • Mar. 13, 2024

While you may stumble across a host of unknown and familiar plants at a food forest, at this Tacoma park, you know exactly what you’ll find: blueberries.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 8, 2023

We stumble across seven abandoned pay phones in some ditch, underneath a highway leading north toward the Queensboro Bridge.

From "They Both Die at the End" by Adam Silvera