stumble across/on/onto/upon
idiom
: to find or learn about (something) unexpectedly
I stumbled across/on/upon this book by chance.
We stumbled onto/across the ruins of an old fort.
They stumbled on/upon a bizarre plot.
He stumbled onto the truth.
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The point is to realize that AI may stumble upon a news story and summarize it accordingly.
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Nancy Marshall, Forbes.com, 16 July 2025
Like the ongoing debate over kids and gender, the teens-and-phones discourse taps into a dread that your kid might stumble onto new ideas, very likely online, and be irreversibly transformed.
—Molly Fischer, New Yorker, 30 June 2025
Early buzz suggests a darkly comedic fairy tale about a father (Paul Rudd) and daughter (Jenna Ortega) who stumble upon a unicorn carcass.
—Ana Gutierrez, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025
The latest trend on the app is completely NSFW and is shocking people who stumble upon it on their For You Pages.
—Stylecaster Editors, StyleCaster, 25 June 2025
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Nancy Marshall, Forbes.com, 16 July 2025
Like the ongoing debate over kids and gender, the teens-and-phones discourse taps into a dread that your kid might stumble onto new ideas, very likely online, and be irreversibly transformed.
—Molly Fischer, New Yorker, 30 June 2025
Early buzz suggests a darkly comedic fairy tale about a father (Paul Rudd) and daughter (Jenna Ortega) who stumble upon a unicorn carcass.
—Ana Gutierrez, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025
The latest trend on the app is completely NSFW and is shocking people who stumble upon it on their For You Pages.
—Stylecaster Editors, StyleCaster, 25 June 2025
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“Stumble across/on/onto/upon.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stumble%20across%2Fon%2Fonto%2Fupon. Accessed 8 Aug. 2025.
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