stumbled (on or onto)

past tense of stumble (on or onto)

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for stumbled (on or onto)
Verb
  • Merlin founded the Perpetual Path Foundation, whose goal is to create quality financial education content for students.
    William Jones, USA Today, 16 May 2025
  • Linklater founded the Austin Film Society in 1985, a nonprofit dedicated to helping support filmmakers and their projects.
    Zoe Hewitt, Variety, 15 May 2025
Verb
  • Even when requests are eventually approved, HR employees have sometimes encountered additional roadblocks in actually sending tentative job offers, or had the files get locked again after viewing them.
    Quil Lawrence, NPR, 5 Mar. 2025
  • The company encountered issues with both of the vehicle's elements — its Super Heavy booster and Ship upper stage — and called the launch off after holding the countdown clock at T-40 seconds.
    Mike Wall, Space.com, 4 Mar. 2025
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“Stumbled (on or onto).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stumbled%20%28on%20or%20onto%29. Accessed 21 May. 2025.

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