stumbles across
Discovers by chance
To stumble across something is to find or discover it by chance, without looking for it: I stumbled across some old photos while cleaning out the attic.
The phrase suggests accidental discovery—you weren't searching, but there it was.
Stumble upon means the same thing.
- tripPlanned travel somewhere
- fortuityAccidental lucky occurrence
- serendipityAccidental fortunate discovery
- pathRoute for traveling
- happenstanceUnplanned circumstance
happy accident · by accident · unearthing · chance · uncovering · lost and found · epiphany · finding · surprise · pleasant surprise · realization · recognition · curiosity · noticing · revelation · awareness · wonder · amazement
intentionality of discovery
stumbles acrosstracks down
Locates through persistent effort
looks for · pursues · researches · investigates · targets
stumble, stumbles, stumbled, stumbling, stumbler, stumblers, across, cross, crosses