Happenstance

And it’s not all happenstance.

Dr. David Pelcovitz, Professor of Psychology at Yeshiva University, observes that the word “happiness” is etymologically linked to words such as “happenstance,” “haphazard,” or even “mishap,” suggesting happiness is random, a roll of the dice.

I don't know if that was planned or just ironic happenstance.

Kenway found himself a member of the West Indies Brotherhood of Assassins by happenstance when he impersonated a Templar and learned of their secret plot regarding an ancient artifact.

On Friday, onee of Gordon’s extra points made for the best reception of the evening on happenstance.

The feminization of fascism isn’t happenstance – it’s highly strategic.

Bridges wasn't planning to photograph the eclipse but by happenstance found himself in Texas, with only a long lens.

In this way it makes visible one of the most interesting aspects of gardens: that they exist on the threshold between artifice and nature, conscious decision and wild happenstance.

I’ve realised that family isn’t always something you’re born into, and sometimes a bit of delightful happenstance and the ferocious love provided by people who want what’s best for you can give you what’s been missing.

Local fans’ investment in the Aces didn’t come by happenstance.

That’s not just a happenstance.

That’s what I thought about — it was just by happenstance that we were there watching these planes as a performance rather than in Gaza as a weapon of mass slaughter.

The 90m will eventually be just happenstance, a byproduct of the work he puts in during all the months of training, not the main target.

The rapid switch was the result of scheduling happenstance — Begich had RSVP’d for the Fairbanks debate, and Peltola had done the same for the TV debate.

Through a fortunate happenstance during a Catawba Chamber of Commerce meeting, Tilly was guided to volunteer therapy dog team member and dog owner Emily Killian.

Through happenstance, I met an interesting man who joined an organization I belonged to and we became friends through our mutual love of writing.

Although blueberries have been their bread-and-butter crop for decades, it all worked out by happenstance.

It understands that belief in such paranormal happenstance is only natural for most people.

Liv Arentsen, who is a college senior, didn’t even realize that she looked exactly like a younger version of Pam from until a random hair-curling happenstance.

The overrepresentation of people of color in poverty and white people in wealth is not just a happenstance.