happenstance

Michelle is fluent in the perky command, the passive voice, the slippery non-apology, the kind of language that frames cruelty as blameless happenstance.

And that’s pretty much how my life has been, all just happenstance.

For Sebastián Yatra, a miracle doesn’t have to be a grandiose happenstance; it can be a child’s smile, the perfect cup of tea or rain on a sunny day.

The initial Metro Bashers came to their hobby independently, meeting through happenstance and their shared love of the rail network.

“It actually came to me by happenstance as our incredible prop master Phil Shea sent me a box of props some time after we had wrapped.”