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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Moody got to the line to open the second half then hit a pull-up jumper, getting his defender to stumble on a drive in isolation.
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Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 5 Oct. 2024
Two detectives, however, stumble on a conspiracy surrounding the disease’s origins.
—Rick Porter, The Hollywood Reporter, 30 Sep. 2024
Combining classic horror tropes with '80s nostalgia, Netflix's groundbreaking phenomenon follows a group of plucky, small-town kids that stumble onto a government conspiracy involving a parallel universe brimming with monsters.
—EW.com, 30 Sep. 2024
This series follows two former telemarketers who stumble upon the corruption at their telemarketing center and become determined to expose the industry.
—Legal Entertainment, Forbes, 18 Sep. 2024
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Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 5 Oct. 2024
Two detectives, however, stumble on a conspiracy surrounding the disease’s origins.
—Rick Porter, The Hollywood Reporter, 30 Sep. 2024
Combining classic horror tropes with '80s nostalgia, Netflix's groundbreaking phenomenon follows a group of plucky, small-town kids that stumble onto a government conspiracy involving a parallel universe brimming with monsters.
—EW.com, 30 Sep. 2024
This series follows two former telemarketers who stumble upon the corruption at their telemarketing center and become determined to expose the industry.
—Legal Entertainment, Forbes, 18 Sep. 2024
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