act of God

But since the house was destroyed by an act of God, a review isn’t required, according to Wheeler.

“This bridge didn’t collapse just by an act of God. It collapsed because of a lack of maintenance and repair,” National Transportation Safety Board member Michael Graham said.

Maybe, the theories went, Ms. Haley now understood that without some unforeseen act of God, there was no mathematical path for her to win enough delegates to wrench the Republican nomination from Donald J. Trump.

It won’t take an act of God or a series of fortunate calls or a streak of lucky bounces, either.

But Mr Habib's relatives saw the phenomenon as "an act of God", rather than something driven by human activity.