stumble across
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If you're worried a relative might stumble across the item they'd bought you while they bargain hunt you can always donate to a charity shop outside of your local area.
From BBC • Dec. 25, 2025
Spend enough time scrolling online, and you’re bound to stumble across a photo of a mega-rest stop in Breezewood, Pennsylvania.
From Salon • Aug. 14, 2025
“I often fantasized that one day my dad would stumble across my face on a magazine cover and be overcome with regret for not getting to know such a wonderful girl,” writes Ione Skye.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 4, 2025
At one point, when asked if he brought classified material from the West Wing or Naval Observatory to his lake house in Wilmington, Delaware, Biden quipped about what someone in the home might stumble across:
From Slate • Mar. 13, 2024
He thought it was fitting for people to stumble across his magazine of stumbled across items.
From "Thirteen Reasons Why" by Jay Asher
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