stumble
Example Sentences
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But on each of the previous four occasions, Arsenal has stumbled in the second half and ended up without the title.
Though it’s hard to read Vonnegut without stumbling upon some apropos nuggets of wisdom, like this one from his novel “Slapstick:” “Fascists are inferior people who believe it when somebody tells them they’re superior.”
From Los Angeles Times
If you're worried a relative might stumble across the item they'd bought you while they bargain hunt you can always donate to a charity shop outside of your local area.
From BBC
Bartlett, on the other hand, says he is a longtime soccer aficionado who stumbled upon the canceled Total 90 trademark while looking up names for a soccer fantasy app he wanted to develop.
We told readers this month that Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents had stumbled upon him while searching for other migrants near Albany, N.Y., in August.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
