Example Sentences

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“I wouldn’t have chanced his health just for that,” Thomson said.

From Washington Times • Jun. 6, 2023

Younger people might think they have chanced upon a diorama of vintage East Village theater.

From New York Times • Jan. 19, 2023

Despite their different origins, several of the new strains have chanced upon a similar combination of mutations to help scale the wall of immunity—a striking example of convergent evolution.

From Science Magazine • Sep. 27, 2022

Strange, isn’t it, how one squad seems to have chanced upon so many underperforming players.

From The Guardian • Dec. 10, 2020

‘So many strange things have chanced that to learn the praise of a fair lady under the loving strokes of a Dwarf’s axe will seem no great wonder. Farewell!’

From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien