Sentence examples for had already stumbled from inspiring English sources

Columbus had already stumbled upon South America, but the honour of naming the fourth continent went instead to the lesser sailor and banker Amerigo Vespucci.

The uncertainties surrounding the cow amplified the threat to the Canadian economy, which had already stumbled in recent weeks from the outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome, or SARS, in Toronto in March and April.

Charles Ellis at least had the advantage of knowing while he was writing his new book, "What It Takes", that McKinsey and Goldman Sachs had already stumbled badly, the first when its former managing partner was charged with insider trading, the second by becoming the greedy face of post-crash Wall Street.

News circulated from player to player by way of texts and phone calls, further jolting a highly touted team that had already stumbled to a 3-2 record, slipping out of the national rankings.

In his effort to more fully express his anti-gay beliefs, Graham had already stumbled: He released his announcement scorning Wells Fargo on Facebook, a very pro-LGBT company.

(She has already stumbled over the phrase "Forever stamps").

Mr. Monserrate has already stumbled badly in an effort to claw his way back to Albany.

Will Marshall says that Clark has already stumbled into "the red zone".

Where MAXjet and Eos have already stumbled, Silverjet now follows with the announcement that from today it is suspending all flights.

And Wal-Mart has already stumbled once before with online video rentals, shutting down its DVD rental business two years ago and referring users to its rival Netflix instead.

Other Android tablets are arriving all the time.Some contenders, such as Research In Motion, the maker of the BlackBerry smartphone, have already stumbled; HP has all but given up.