by chance
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She said it was by chance and luck they were able to see such a good display.
From BBC • Jun. 25, 2026
Put simply, physics appears to allow the possibility that our memories are not reliable records but instead detailed illusions produced by chance.
From Science Daily • May 3, 2026
“I am not Epstein’s victim. Epstein did not introduce me to Donald Trump. I met my husband, by chance, at a New York City party in 1998,” she said.
From Salon • Apr. 9, 2026
Some are capitalists, some are communists, but we’re all Cubans, divided by chance, circumstance and the sea.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026
The Scholars had more important things to do than attend to the affections of a half-wild, half-civilized girl, left among them by chance.
From "The Golden Compass" by Philip Pullman
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