Thesaurus / stumble
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The closest thing Rutgers has to a bad loss is a stumble at Michigan State.
NCAA TOURNAMENT BRACKETOLOGY: AFTER 30 YEARS, RUTGERS WILL GET ITS CHANCE AT MARCH MADNESSPATRICK STEVENSFEBRUARY 9, 2021WASHINGTON POSTThe metrics love Illinois, but it is a 9-5 team with a few stumbles at home.
NCAA TOURNAMENT BRACKETOLOGY: THE BUBBLE MIGHT BE WORSE THAN EVER THIS YEAR. NO, REALLY.PATRICK STEVENSJANUARY 20, 2021WASHINGTON POSTLeaders in California and elsewhere have made similar stumbles.
EVERYONE FAILED ON COVID-19GERMAN LOPEZDECEMBER 18, 2020VOXNaturally, Big Tech’s retrenchment has heightened the debate over whether its leaders are vastly overpriced and long overdue for a steep slide, or simply suffering a temporary stumble.
WILL TECH STOCKS STUMBLE OR SLIDE? WHAT THE FUNDAMENTALS TELL USSHAWN TULLYSEPTEMBER 16, 2020FORTUNEJesse Marx and Lisa Halverstadt broke the news of Thompson’s departure and reviewed the list of stumbles that led to it.
MORNING REPORT: WITH BUILDING FOLLY, CITY REAL ESTATE DIRECTOR OUTVOICE OF SAN DIEGOAUGUST 4, 2020VOICE OF SAN DIEGOYou never know when you are going to stumble upon a jewel in the most out-of-the-way corner.
MUSIC-STUDY IN GERMANYAMY FAYAnd very many of them shall stumble and fall, and shall be broken in pieces, and shall be snared, and taken.
THE BIBLE, DOUAY-RHEIMS VERSIONVARIOUSAnd he shall turn his face to the empire of his own land, and he shall stumble, and fall, ans shall not be found.
THE BIBLE, DOUAY-RHEIMS VERSIONVARIOUSI feel feverish: my feet drag heavily, and I stumble against the railing.
PRISON MEMOIRS OF AN ANARCHISTALEXANDER BERKMANThese four years through which I may—must stumble along with my hands tied, are a fair example.
ANCESTORSGERTRUDE ATHERTONWORDS RELATED TO STUMBLE
- balking
- bottling up
- choking
- constraining
- corking
- corking up
- curbing
- deadening
- demurring
- garroting
- keeping the lid on
- muffling
- muzzling
- obstructing
- putting the lid on
- quieting
- repressing
- restraining
- shutting down
- shying
- squashing
- squelching
- stifling
- stilling
- stumbling
- suppressing
- taping up
- throttling
- tongue-tying
- appear
- arise
- arrive
- be found
- become a fact
- become known
- become of
- befall
- betide
- bump
- chance
- come about
- come after
- come into being
- come into existence
- come off
- crop up
- develop
- down
- ensue
- eventuate
- fall
- follow
- go on
- hit
- issue
- light
- luck
- materialize
- meet
- pass
- present itself
- proceed
- recur
- result
- shake
- smoke
- spring
- stumble
- stumble upon
- supervene
- take effect
- take place
- transpire
- turn out
- turn up
- what goes
- appeared
- arose
- arrived
- be found
- became a fact
- became of
- become knew
- befell
- betided
- bumped
- came about
- came after
- came into existence
- came into was
- came off
- chanced
- crop up
- developed
- downed
- ensued
- eventuated
- fell
- followed
- hit
- issued
- lit
- lucked
- materialized
- met
- passed
- presented itself
- proceeded
- recurred
- resulted
- shook
- smoked
- sprang
- stumbled
- stumbled upon
- supervened
- took effect
- took place
- transpired
- turned out
- turned up
- went on
- what went
- appears
- arises
- arrives
- be finds
- become knows
- becomes a fact
- becomes of
- befalls
- betides
- bumps
- chances
- comes about
- comes after
- comes into existence
- comes into is
- comes off
- crop up
- develops
- downs
- ensues
- eventuates
- falls
- follows
- goes on
- hits
- issues
- lights
- lucks
- materializes
- meets
- passes
- presents itself
- proceeds
- recurs
- results
- shakes
- smokes
- springs
- stumbles
- stumbles upon
- supervenes
- takes effect
- takes place
- transpires
- turns out
- turns up
- what goes
- alternate
- balance
- balk
- be irresolute
- be reluctant
- be unwilling
- blow hot and cold
- dally
- debate
- defer
- delay
- demur
- dillydally
- dither
- doubt
- equivocate
- falter
- flounder
- fluctuate
- fumble
- hang
- hang back
- hedge
- hem and haw
- hold back
- hold off
- hover
- linger
- oscillate
- pause
- ponder
- pull back
- pussyfoot
- scruple
- seesaw
- shift
- shrink
- shy away
- sit on fence
- stammer
- stop
- straddle
- stumble
- stutter
- swerve
- tergiversate
- think about
- think twice
- vacillate
- waffle
- waver
- weigh
- alternated
- balanced
- balked
- blew hot and cold
- dallied
- debated
- deferred
- delayed
- demurred
- dillydallied
- dithered
- doubted
- equivocated
- faltered
- floundered
- fluctuated
- fumbled
- hedged
- held back
- held off
- hem and haw
- hovered
- hung
- hung back
- lingered
- oscillated
- paused
- pondered
- pulled back
- pussyfooted
- sat on fence
- scrupled
- seesawed
- shied away
- shifted
- shrank
- stammered
- stopped
- straddled
- stumbled
- stuttered
- swerved
- tergiversated
- thought about
- thought twice
- vacillated
- waffled
- was irresolute
- was reluctant
- was unwilling
- wavered
- weighed
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