stumble across
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But on Facebook, Instagram and TikTok, users were likelier to stumble across news while doing something else.
From Barron's ● Jun. 15, 2026
The communal misery was intense if you happened to stumble across some sad pool of it.
From Salon ● Jan. 21, 2026
“I often fantasized that one day my dad would stumble across my face on a magazine cover and be overcome with regret for not getting to know such a wonderful girl,” writes Ione Skye.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 4, 2025
Come May in Seattle, you can’t help but stumble across flowers bursting out of every yard.
From Seattle Times ● May 18, 2024
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
