chance discovery
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The excavation took place in July following the chance discovery of a similar object by metal detectorist Alan Gray at the same location in 2021.
From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2025
“This was a chance discovery made during a search ordered by an examining magistrate at the Paris court,” the Paris prosecutor’s office told CNN in a statement Tuesday.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 20, 2025
"This chance discovery allowed us to recognize that we can design carbon nanotube architectures with desired characteristics by adjusting rotation angles and shaking conditions."
From Science Daily ● Dec. 11, 2023
Some of her most celebrated finds came from a 1987 Greenland trip, inspired by her chance discovery of a specimen in a museum drawer in Cambridge, UK.
From Nature ● Apr. 22, 2020
Better to hide out and chance discovery than be caught in open country at sunrise.
From "Chasing Lincoln's Killer" by James L. Swanson
