happenstance
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Similar damage is done to the show’s credibility: We are reminded that “Deadliest Catch”—or any “unscripted” series—is not the happenstance record of some maritime adventure, but rather television.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 2026
It wasn’t Hollywood, exactly, but a recent happenstance just might sustain me for whatever lies ahead.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 22, 2025
Marles had met Hegseth in August to lobby him on Aukus, but the latter's office issued - and later retracted - a statement saying there were no talks, only "a happenstance encounter".
From BBC • Oct. 20, 2025
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.
From Los Angeles Times • May 19, 2025
Partly by happenstance, the U.S. geneticist James Neel and the U.S. anthropologist Napoleon Chagnon flew into Yanomami country in the midst of the epidemic.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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