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as in to fall
to go down from an upright position suddenly and involuntarily the bride stumbled on the altar steps and landed smack in the arms of the minister

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noun

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Recent Examples of stumble
Verb
Rather than that 30-start mark serving as a jumping off point for each pitcher to take the next step in their careers, each has stumbled in their own way this year. Jen McCaffrey, New York Times, 8 July 2025 Austin Neudecker, Weave Growth YES: Robot couriers may stumble today, but over a longer horizon, their spread feels inevitable. Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 July 2025
Noun
Love, after all, has always been as much about the journey as the destination — and that journey's value lies in walking it together, with all the stumbles and discoveries along the way. Cornelia C. Walther, Forbes.com, 2 June 2025 Energy Guardian scored a dramatic knockdown in the first round, and despite a late stumble from Armored Mulan, Energy Guardian secured the win. Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 14 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for stumble
Recent Examples of Synonyms for stumble
Verb
  • Notre Dame, with an offensive line that included three top-10 picks, roared back, falling 24-22 when its two-point conversion got stuffed with seven seconds remaining.
    Pete Sampson, New York Times, 9 July 2025
  • Musk’s net worth fell by as much as $15 billion in the days following the announcement of his political party.
    Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune, 9 July 2025
Verb
  • Musk had a bitter falling out with the head of OpenAI, who has struggled to launch GPT-5.
    Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 10 July 2025
  • Make Healthy Food More Accessible Millions of families struggle to afford healthy food.
    Mike Levin, Oc Register, 10 July 2025
Verb
  • Prosecutors alleged Kelsey illegally shuffled money from his state senate campaigin committee to his federal campaign.
    Melissa Brown, The Tennessean, 2 July 2025
  • Each of these had a variable number of lithium atoms at each of the corners of these structures, and molecular simulations showed that lithium ions could readily move between these locations, allowing the material to shuffle ions around rapidly.
    ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 26 June 2025
Verb
  • Marketing gets the lead, but operations fumbles the conversion.
    Michael Fox, Forbes.com, 2 July 2025
  • In-ho began fumbling, accidentally letting go of the top and flinging it backwards.
    Esther Kang, People.com, 26 June 2025
Noun
  • Such complacency could be a mistake, as some market watchers have cautioned.
    Yeo Boon Ping, CNBC, 9 July 2025
  • Investors who do not use the tool risk making major mistakes.
    Steve Denning, Forbes.com, 9 July 2025
Noun
  • Post Malone took an unexpected tumble off the stage during a recent stop on his The Big Ass Stadium Tour — but didn’t miss a beat.
    Jessica Lynch, Billboard, 2 July 2025
  • This salad is a tumble of arugula and farro, studded with figs.
    Lynda Balslev, Mercury News, 2 July 2025
Verb
  • Without nuclear energy to provide the stable, always-on foundation for clean energy, those goals are slipping further from reach.
    Micky Horstman, Chicago Tribune, 7 July 2025
  • Then, Piastri accelerated away and Verstappen spun out trying to match the Australian, slipping from second to 10th place.
    Issy Ronald, CNN Money, 6 July 2025
Verb
  • Eighteen months ago, playing those songs inspired fans at the Ryman Auditorium to stomp their feet, throw Resistol hats in the air and soak church pews in alcohol for two hours.
    Marcus K. Dowling, The Tennessean, 2 July 2025
  • Complaining on NextDoor about traffic, some locals fled downtown Austin like a movie monster was stomping behind them.
    Ramon Ramirez, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025

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