as in finding
to come upon unexpectedly or by chance
stumbled on some old family photos when she was cleaning out a drawer
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encountering
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April 3 after a resident in the 9400 block of Parkside Avenue reported encountering an armed individual in his backyard.—
Dennis Sullivan,
Chicago Tribune,
9 Apr. 2025 -
Today, vaccine coverage is widespread enough that unvaccinated children can easily live to adulthood without ever encountering the virus, but not uniformly high enough to prevent outbreaks altogether.—
Sarah Zhang,
The Atlantic,
7 Apr. 2025
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“Stumbling (on or onto).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stumbling%20%28on%20or%20onto%29. Accessed 12 Jul. 2025.
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