tripping over

Example Sentences

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Big tech companies are tripping over themselves to get as many chips as possible to secure AI supremacy.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 11, 2026

Stoke City midfielder Liam Lawrence injured his ankle when tripping over his pet Labrador.

From BBC • Nov. 21, 2025

And then it wasn’t, with the Kings once again tripping over a familiar hurdle.

From Los Angeles Times • May 2, 2025

I kept tripping over a man carrying a large wooden cross.

From Slate • Oct. 28, 2024

By the time Turner had spun around and looked up, his father—his father!—and the sheriff were gripping each other’s arms and pushing back and forth, sliding and stumbling and tripping over rocks.

From "Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy" by Gary D. Schmidt