concatenation of events
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John asks the tough question; “ How are we to make sense of this bizarre concatenation of events in which the financial system appears to have become an ethics-free zone?”
From Forbes ● Jun. 17, 2014
If I am right in my supposition, it was a queer concatenation of events that my father not eating cheese half-a-century before in Holland led to my election as a member of the Athenaeum.
From Life and Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 1 by Sir Francis Darwin
Alexander, too, himself is fully aware of this tragic concatenation of events.
From The Contemporary Review, Volume 36, September 1879 by Various
He noticed this singular coincidence, as if in mournful presentiment of his own early decease, as a singular concatenation of events by the hand of Destiny.
From The Life of Friedrich Schiller Comprehending an Examination of His Works by Thomas Carlyle
"Heaven grant it, sweet cousin!" said Adolphus Hesse in propria persona, emerging from behind the window-curtains, where, by some miraculous concatenation of events, he had found himself ensconced for the last hour.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. CCCXXXVI. October, 1843. Vol. LIV. by Various
