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stumble

[stuhm-buhl] / ˈstʌm bəl /




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They stumble over time into an unlikely friendship.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 20, 2026

Remove any one of the three, and the other two will stumble and die.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 26, 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

But on Facebook, Instagram and TikTok, users were likelier to stumble across news while doing something else.

From Barron's Jun. 15, 2026

Despite my good intentions, I often blunder, misstep, and stumble.

From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin

With Pompeii’s sun blacked out, he stumbles around in the dark with a flashlight.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 22, 2026

“Anthropic, and its competitors, will have some stumbles as these companies expand rapidly,” Ritter says.

From Barron's Jun. 13, 2026

They also noted that as its U.S. business stumbles, Lululemon has increasingly relied on China for growth.

From MarketWatch Jun. 5, 2026

The recovery was marked by additional stumbles, reversing course on traffic checkpoints, tax relief for wildfire victims and the need for a single recovery chief.

From Los Angeles Times May 27, 2026

Uncle Pa stumbles out with the bag of food.

From "Angela's Ashes: A Memoir" by Frank McCourt

I love a Snickers bar, so when I stumbled upon TikTok recipes for a five-ingredient date “Snickers,” I knew I had to try it.

From Salon Jul. 20, 2026

Chriss stumbled out of the gate, overpromising to “shock the world” with a suite of product announcements that failed to inspire.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 19, 2026

But EchoStar’s stock has stumbled recently, dropping 20% since June 12, when SpaceX went public.

From MarketWatch Jul. 17, 2026

The 37-year-old got back to his feet but looked unsteady and referee Mike Beltran waved off the contest as he stumbled.

From BBC Jul. 12, 2026

He stumbled down the rickety front steps, catching his balance on the banister.

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman

But unlike pieces of art, there is a big stumbling block to relying on the philanthropy of private estates when it comes to the study of fossils.

From BBC Jul. 11, 2026

Dennis, who barely escaped after stumbling into that realm through a hidden portal, hoped never to return.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 9, 2026

What are the main stumbling blocks that we could see in terms of really preventing that agreement from coming to fruition?

From Barron's Jun. 25, 2026

Super Micro encountered a stumbling block in March, when co-founder Wally Liaw and other employees were charged with diverting $2.5 billion worth of Nvidia chips to China.

From MarketWatch Jun. 22, 2026

When walking Sophie through the neighborhood, my father feels not unlike the newly married senior stumbling behind his capricious young bride.

From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris




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