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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Meanwhile, former officer Bernadette Manuelito (Jessica Matten) tries to adjust to her new job with Border Patrol, only to stumble upon a sprawling conspiracy.
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Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 7 Jan. 2025
Accessible by ferry from Port Aransas, which sits just across the shipping channel, this 21-mile-long island offers nothing more than pristine Gulf Coast wilderness, and keen-eyed travelers often stumble upon sand dollars, lightning whelks, angel wings, and conchs.
—Nicholas Derenzo, AFAR Media, 6 Jan. 2025
New Yorkers often stumble across those colorful filming notices out in the wild, wherever movie and TV productions reserve space throughout the city and its boroughs.
—Nick Romano, EW.com, 3 Jan. 2025
Just as a new session is about to begin with a brand new crop of St Nicks in training, Kate and Dan stumble upon a Santa with amnesia that just be the real deal.
—Rebecca Angel Baer, Southern Living, 14 Dec. 2024
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Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 7 Jan. 2025
Accessible by ferry from Port Aransas, which sits just across the shipping channel, this 21-mile-long island offers nothing more than pristine Gulf Coast wilderness, and keen-eyed travelers often stumble upon sand dollars, lightning whelks, angel wings, and conchs.
—Nicholas Derenzo, AFAR Media, 6 Jan. 2025
New Yorkers often stumble across those colorful filming notices out in the wild, wherever movie and TV productions reserve space throughout the city and its boroughs.
—Nick Romano, EW.com, 3 Jan. 2025
Just as a new session is about to begin with a brand new crop of St Nicks in training, Kate and Dan stumble upon a Santa with amnesia that just be the real deal.
—Rebecca Angel Baer, Southern Living, 14 Dec. 2024
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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 15 Jan. 2025.
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