by chance
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Prosecutors believe the attacker met Lopez by chance on the steep path to the fortress.
From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2026
The recent government scrutiny of deals by Walter’s insurance companies seemed to come by chance.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026
Did Slate politics by chance publish a really excellent feature today on Michigan’s Democratic Senate primary, one so compelling and rich that I could find solace just by reading it?
From Slate ● Jul. 30, 2026
Some occur by chance as cancer cells divide.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 22, 2026
Not openly, at Shusgis’ house, where the staff must be crawling with Sarf agents, Shusgis being one himself, but in the street, by chance, Gaum-fashion, sneaking and creeping.
From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin
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