STUMBLED (ON OR ONTO) Synonyms: 22 Similar Words

stumbled (on or onto)

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past tense of stumble (on or onto)

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to come upon unexpectedly or by chance stumbled on some old family photos when she was cleaning out a drawer

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Fabscrap was founded in 2016 by New York City Department of Sanitation employee Jessica Schreiber.

— Bella Webb, Vogue, 8 Oct. 2026
King Promise founded Rent Paid to fundraise for local community charities, including the Nungua Orphanage, which provides support to those under 16 in the area.

— Sophie Williams, Billboard, 8 Oct. 2026

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Robotics engineers can select, adapt, and recombine individual biological mechanisms to address specific technical challenges that evolutionary pressures never encountered.

— Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 30 Sep. 2026
In addition to reconsidering the role of drawing within her broader practice, the show aims to open Hesse’s work to viewers who may not have encountered the full breadth of her output, according to Tattersall.

— Gabriella Angeleti, ARTnews.com, 29 Sep. 2026

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