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stumble

[stuhm-buhl] / ˈstʌm bəl /




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A promised upgrade to Apple's digital assistant Siri was delayed, in what analysts called a rare stumble for the company.

From Barron's • Apr. 21, 2026

And a stumble early in the tournament would make the kind of deep run Pochettino promised that much more difficult.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 7, 2026

A promised upgrade to its Siri digital assistant was delayed, in what analysts called a rare stumble for the company.

From Barron's • Mar. 29, 2026

What this all adds up to: The more all of us use AI—and the more we discover it can do—the more likely we are to stumble into the Turing Trap.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 2026

He started to stumble over something—it was his own bike, where he’d dropped it in the middle of the sidewalk.

From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix




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