They practically stumbled over the long-haired, broad-framed corpse sprawled beside the path.

Jojonah moved into the room, Avelyn practically stumbling behind him.

"I practically stumbled while I was going in," he said.

She was wandering outside his hut, her hair hung in tangled strings, and her eyes not focusing on anything until she practically stumbled into Blade's arms.

They made it to the shuttle and Riker practically stumbled in with Saket.

There, he practically stumbled against a cab that was parked in darkness.

In April 1992, he said, the police practically stumbled over heaps of stolen car computers during a raid in Queens aimed at cracking a radio-theft ring.

"They practically stumbled over it, camouflaged and neatly set up on a rock outcrop near the surface but well away from the village."

His own sports hero was Lou Gehrig, the stoic Iron Horse who kept playing first base until he practically stumbled on the bag.

"There we were, all ready to gas everyone in that palace to get her, and she practically stumbles into our laps."