as luck would have it

Idioms  

1. How things turned out, as it happened, as in As luck would have it he missed his train, or The check arrived in time, as luck would have it. The luck referred to can mean either good fortune or bad. [Late 1500s]

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as luck would have it

But as luck would have it, his friend Marika Dalley Snider, an architectural historian at the University of Memphis, was working at the time on a digital reconstruction of the Karnak Temple in Egypt.

From New York Times ● Jun. 20, 2024

He called me back and said, “OK, as luck would have it, my wife came up with someone.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2023

And, as luck would have it, they are all wrapped up in the same player - Rickie Fowler.

From Washington Times ● Jun. 17, 2023

And, as luck would have it, he's expected in Chicago immediately, so he won't be able to show up in court.

From Salon ● May 4, 2022

We were seated in alphabetical order, and as luck would have it, Ham Knapp ended up way back in the room, in the very seat he had chosen for himself.

From "The View From Saturday" by E.L. Konigsburg