STUMBLE (UPON) Synonyms: 33 Similar and Opposite Words

stumble (upon)

verb

Definition of stumble (upon)

as in to encounter

to come upon face-to-face or as if face-to-face stumbled upon an old acquaintance at the airport

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Public employees can encounter agency-specific procedures, while unionized workers may have grievance requirements established through collective bargaining.

— William Jones, Sacbee.com, 2 Oct. 2026
Audiences can expect natural richness, such as underwater images of glistening shellfish, to encounter ecological dread.

— Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 2 Oct. 2026

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Built in the mid-1980s at the height of Cold War tensions, it was upgraded to meet current standards.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 3 Oct. 2026
Nikhil Basu Trivedi, cofounder of the venture firm Footwork and GPTZero’s sole outside board member before the Superhuman deal, first met Tian through the Princeton network.

— Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 2 Oct. 2026

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