stumble
Example Sentences
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The robots still stumble — but China is teaching them to walk.
From MarketWatch • May 27, 2026
You’re probably not going to stumble upon pristine ribeyes here.
From Salon • May 22, 2026
“Brigadoon,” a romantic fantasy about two Americans who stumble upon a mystical Scottish village that magically comes to life for a single day once every 100 years, might seem to be irredeemably old-fashioned.
From Los Angeles Times • May 20, 2026
Chip makers bounced back after Tuesday’s stumble, pushing the Nasdaq composite and S&P 500 to new records.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 13, 2026
Instead, I stumble out of his truck and allow myself to get swallowed up by the swish of the emergency room doors.
From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam
Vocabulary lists containing stumble
"Romeo and Juliet" by William Shakespeare, Act II
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Unit 3: Compelling Evidence
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Steve Jobs's Commencement Address (2005)
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