serendipity
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In an act of serendipity, he's lived here in a previous incarnation - this was also the home of Poldark, his breakthrough role.
From BBC ● May 13, 2026
Hoiberg built the team that broke the tournament curse with careful planning and some serendipity.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 22, 2026
Yes, that’s why I like the word serendipity.
From Slate ● Mar. 2, 2026
And they’re the product not of planning, but serendipity, a crucial feature of scientific progress.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2025
Usually, that serendipity felt like the nicest thing the universe had ever done for her.
From "Eleanor & Park" by Rainbow Rowell
When she first came to New York, she was often hungry, surviving on nothing more than pizza slices and Orange Julius, but her life was full of serendipities.
From New York Times ● Aug. 25, 2022
It felt, especially to the grandiose kid that was me at the time, like one of those sublime serendipities in which big cities, with all their complexity and potential, specialize.
From The New Yorker ● Apr. 4, 2016
The goal is to create strategic conversations, connecting people and creating serendipities.
From Forbes ● Dec. 5, 2014
"What a long strange trip it's been," from the 1970 Grateful Dead hit "Truckin'," has become a widely used description of life's serendipities.
From Reuters ● Sep. 16, 2013
Still, there are intriguing serendipities, such as the large amount of standout work in black-and-white or near-monochromatic palettes.
From Washington Post
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