stumble on
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“And so whatever any part of the Federal Reserve does, if they slip up, if they stumble on supervision or on payments, that reflects on our institutional credibility,” said Warsh.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 16, 2026
So option one, then, is sack them, replace them and stumble on, as the hot favourite to be your successor barrels down the West Coast Mainline to Westminster.
From BBC ● Jun. 22, 2026
Chesterton’s parable: If you stumble on a fence in the middle of the road, don’t take it down until you know why it’s there.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 2, 2026
There, I stumble on titles I’ve never seen, by authors I’ve never heard of, alongside out-of-print classics I don’t own.
From Salon ● Dec. 20, 2025
I stumble on a root, then catch myself.
From "The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl" by Stacy McAnulty
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