stumble on
Example Sentences
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While browsing the library, you might stumble on a book from a cuisine you’ve never explored: Nepalese, Swedish, Kenyan, Cuban.
From Salon • Dec. 20, 2025
“You can get very lucky and happen to find life-changing amounts of money if you stumble on the right spot.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 13, 2025
It’s a lonely time of year, but, browsing the internet, I stumble on a site called Candy.ai that promises to help.
From New York Times • Feb. 9, 2024
The argument could be made, especially when Jordan, keen to collaborate with Sebastián in every sense, follows him home to Mexico City, only to stumble on a mystery of ludicrous yet weirdly plausible proportions.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 8, 2023
If the gods were good, he might stumble on the Blackfish, or lure Beric Dondarrion into an unwise attack.
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
