stumble

Bier said that he and his grad student Valentino Gantz had stumbled on a tool that could not only guarantee that a particular genetic trait would be inherited, but that it would spread incredibly quickly.
Il disait qu'avec son étudiant, Valentino Gantz,
It was reported to me that you had stumbled onto this.
Il m'a été dit que vous pietiniez sur cette affaire.
Many had stumbled and fallen, never again to rise.
Un grand nombre était tombé pour ne plus jamais se relever.
The effect was stunning and we knew right away we had stumbled upon an extraordinary way of using VR.
L’effet était saisissant. Nous avions découvert une manière fantastique d’exploiter le casque PS VR.
There are scientists so arrogant today that they are already patenting their discoveries, as if they had stumbled upon their own creation.
Certains scientifiques sont si arrogants de nos jours qu'ils sont déjà en train de faire breveter leurs découvertes, comme s'il s'agissait de leur propre création.
On my first visit I couldn't help feeling that I had stumbled across the shop where Harry Potter might go to buy his potions and spells.
Lors de ma première visite, je ne pouvais pas m'empêcher de penser que j'avais trébuché sur le magasin où Harry Potter pouvait acheter ses potions et ses sorts.
Bier said that he and his grad student Valentino Gantz had stumbled on a tool that could not only guarantee that a particular genetic trait would be inherited, but that it would spread incredibly quickly.
Il disait qu'avec son étudiant, Valentino Gantz, ils étaient tombés sur un outil qui non seulement garantissait le caractère héréditaire du gène voulu, mais qu'il se répandrait extrêmement vite.
In its response to the appeal filed by the union, the government argued that it had stumbled upon the broader information while searching for the results of the players listed in the warrant.
Dans sa réponse à l'appel déposé par le syndicat, le gouvernement a fait valoir qu'il avait trébuché sur l'ensemble de l'information lors de la recherche pour les résultats des joueurs figurant dans le mandat.
The price system is just one of those formations which man has learned to use (though he is still very far from having learned to make the best use of it) after he had stumbled upon it without understanding it.
Le système des prix est justement une de ces formations que l'homme a appris à utiliser (bien qu'il soit très loin d'avoir appris à en faire le meilleur usage) après avoir buté dessus sans l'avoir compris.
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