by chance
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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
He said he bought it over the weekend after learning about the competition by chance.
From BBC • Apr. 14, 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
It was by chance that Alma ran into an old friend from church at the grocery store one day.
From "Where Things Come Back" by John Corey Whaley
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