The phrase "avoid stumbling" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when advising someone to prevent making mistakes or encountering difficulties in a particular situation.
Example: "To ensure a smooth presentation, practice your speech several times to avoid stumbling over your words."
Alternatives: "prevent errors" or "steer clear of mistakes.".
Maintaining mental fitness, remaining physically active, and practicing tai chi, qigong, yoga, or some other mind-body exercise can help you keep your balance and avoid stumbling.
Panoramas, for instance, are such a hackneyed photographic device that you have to do something clever to avoid stumbling into cliché.
It recommended, as a senior ministry official put it today, that high-level officials "do their homework" to avoid stumbling into "a legal embarrassment".
In an effort to avoid stumbling unprepared into another disastrous spill, Ken Salazar is putting all Arctic drilling plans on hold until at least next year.
He has also taken it upon himself to try to serve as Trump's inside-the-Beltway fixer, familiarizing himself with as many rules and laws as possible to help his boss avoid stumbling blocks.
You may have to cover your shoulders in the mall, avoid stumbling down the road after one too many, try not to go topless on the beach, and resist public displays of affection, but most of these rules simply require respectable behaviour and a little common sense.
Neither man committed an obvious gaffe; Mr. Bush avoided stumbling over his own syntax or comically mispronouncing words as he had in the past.
If Michigan State (8-2, 5-1 Big Ten) avoids stumbling at home next Saturday against Purdue, it will close the regular season at Penn State with a chance to at least share the Big Ten title for the first time since 1990.
This algorithm allowed the robot to walk safely while avoiding stumbling on horizontal planes.
Most importantly, Facebook needs to carefully consider any change or product launch that influences privacy to avoid stumbles like Beacon, the transition of interests into public Likes, and the opt-out launch of facial recognition.
That's why Professor Leia Stirling and grad students at MIT are looking into alternative ways to keep astronauts informed of what's around them so they can not just avoid stumbles, but make informed decisions.
