stumble across
Example Sentences
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Outsiders would sometimes stumble across the Rocket Lab community and be swept up in its orbit.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 10, 2026
Spend enough time scrolling online, and you’re bound to stumble across a photo of a mega-rest stop in Breezewood, Pennsylvania.
From Salon • Aug. 14, 2025
Remarkably few of these old-world venues remain in circulation — there are only a handful in America — although they are much revered in Europe, where it is much more common to stumble across one.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 4, 2025
"I've been off social media for a while now, anything I stumble across, I delete it from the phone," he said.
From BBC • Dec. 5, 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
