chain of circumstances
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Dukakis won her Oscar through a surprising chain of circumstances, beginning with author Nora Ephron’s recommendation that she play Meryl Streep’s mother in the film version of Ephron’s book "Heartburn."
From Fox News ● May 4, 2021
Dukakis won her Oscar through a surprising chain of circumstances, beginning with author Nora Ephron’s recommendation that she play Meryl Streep’s mother in the film version of Ephron’s book “Heartburn.”
From Seattle Times ● May 1, 2021
The chain of circumstances at least partly responsible for the spike in unrest is also familiar.
From The Guardian ● Dec. 23, 2019
The chain of circumstances that caused the Landslide data to fall into the hands of the British police will almost certainly never be repeated.
From BBC ● Dec. 17, 2012
I took great interest in carefully tracing each link in the chain of circumstances which had brought me to the spot whereon I now lay, deserted and alone, in that notorious Chickahominy swamp.
From Nurse and Spy in the Union Army The Adventures and Experiences of a Woman in Hospitals, Camps, and Battle-Fields by Edmonds, S. Emma E.