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  • Can't be a coincidence this is happening after Ms.†   (source)
  • It was a coincidence, she said.†   (source)
  • "Maybe it's just a coincidence, Jules.†   (source)
  • Walking back to the truck, neither one of us commented about what most non— Afghans would have seen as an improbable coincidence, that a beggar on the street would happen to know my mother.†   (source)
  • He said it was an incredible coincidence that he happened to be walking by.†   (source)
  • Coincidence?†   (source)
  • "What a happy coincidence," Chuck Muckle said.†   (source)
  • Phil went to a squadron meeting, where he met a rookie pilot, George "Smitty" Smith, by coincidence a close friend of Cecy's.†   (source)
  • An all-points bulletin turned up a missing person named McCandless from eastern South Dakota, coincidentally from a small town only twenty miles from Wayne Westerberg's home in Carthage, and for a while the troopers thought they'd found their man.†   (source)
  • An unfortunate coincidence is all it was.†   (source)
  • Phoebe looked extensively relieved, but I knew it was not a coincidence that her father was there.†   (source)
  • "The judge says she's a pawn and Otis Amber says he's the king, Crow's the queen— Oh well, it's probably just a coincidence."†   (source)
  • I was still too young to be a believer in coincidence.†   (source)
  • You swam in a river of chance and coincidence.†   (source)
  • I bet you that wasn't a coincidence.†   (source)
  • "What a coincidence!" she said.†   (source)
  • Wang's night had been filled with coincidences:†   (source)
  • "I'm sure it's just a coincidence.†   (source)
  • It is no coincidence that the cities from which your examples spring are port cities: Marseille and New York.†   (source)
  • "It is quite a coincidence," he said, "that your father would send you to this island among all the others."†   (source)
  • Can't be a coincidence.†   (source)
  • In an eerie coincidence, the younger brother's name was the same as mine.†   (source)
  • Too big of a coincidence.†   (source)
  • These are common names in Tamil Nadu, so the coincidence is not so remarkable.†   (source)
  • Their agreement was too great for coincidence.†   (source)
  • Maybe that was just a coincidence.†   (source)
  • How could it be coincidence that they had arrived in the alleyway where Harry was?†   (source)
  • "The mass exodus of the children of Abnegation leaders cannot be ignored or attributed to coincidence," he reads.†   (source)
  • And are you saying it was just a coincidence that you were coming out of the store at that time?†   (source)
  • It is a strange coincidence, is it not, that two such gifted children should be admitted to the Institute at the very same time, and that they should be such close friends?†   (source)
  • "What a coincidence," muttered Rose.†   (source)
  • Nothing is a coincidence.†   (source)
  • When she became my mother years later, she and I would always talk about whether it was destined or coincidental that I came from a very storytelling-oriented culture to live with a mother in New York who is a storyteller.†   (source)
  • But I thought it was quite a coincidence.†   (source)
  • What a coincidence!†   (source)
  • It's just a coincidence that only Catholics go there?"†   (source)
  • By coincidence? or maybe it was an omen, the boy thought? he came to the bar he had entered on his first day there.†   (source)
  • Not sarcastic, but like he thought it was a cool coincidence, and for about a month I went around thinking we had this special connection based on babies.†   (source)
  • Just a coincidence.†   (source)
  • Of course, this was not coincidence, not at all.†   (source)
  • I'm not sure that what I am about to describe really rates as a startling coincidence.†   (source)
  • The neighbours and relations also saw the coincidence and said among themselves that it was very significant.†   (source)
  • Of course, all of it could have been just loosely connected coincidences.†   (source)
  • It's a coincidence, it can't be them.†   (source)
  • But it was a coincidence that the cop had spoken to her right after she'd seen them, right?†   (source)
  • It was a horrible coincidence, her being Susie's friend."†   (source)
  • Phillip believed that all the coincidences surrounding him from his kidnapping of me and getting away with it to present-day things like his parole officers' inability to hold him for anything were not just mere coincidence, but the work of the angels.†   (source)
  • The name was just a weird coincidence, but it left me with an uncanny feeling I couldn't shake.†   (source)
  • She tells herself the coincidence of finding his résumé, of stumbling upon him in this way, is too great, that anyone in her position would pick up the phone and call.†   (source)
  • Pedro, what a coincidence!†   (source)
  • It's a coincidence we're on the same flight.†   (source)
  • Any act of rebellion was purely coincidental.†   (source)
  • Coincidental?†   (source)
  • She read it again before she went to bed that night, trying to fathom the coincidence, and read it again the next morning as if to make sure the whole thing wasn't a dream.†   (source)
  • She had stopped talking at the same time; a miraculous coincidence.†   (source)
  • I just wanted my sisters and my best friend, who, coincidentally, I'd met during my Selection."†   (source)
  • One of the side effects of work on the Heart of Gold was a whole string of pretty meaningless coincidences.†   (source)
  • And a letter from Grammy, right on time, but of course that was just a coincidence.†   (source)
  • It became too much of a coincidence, however, that so many of them were wearing Salamander uniforms, and that those who weren't were often older boys belonging to armies whose commanders most hated Ender Wiggin.†   (source)
  • I was especially curious after you told me you were adopted, but again, I thought maybe it was a coincidence.†   (source)
  • Maybe it was just a coincidence, but it looked like a high-tech, super-size version of that ruined reflecting pool he'd seen in his dreams, with those two dark masses jutting from either end.†   (source)
  • "Of course," Klaus said nervously, "a coincidence."†   (source)
  • Then, by coincidence—just as I was realizing I really couldn't wait much longer before I did something—I happened to see a tiny black and white photo of the painting in the business section of the Times.†   (source)
  • Standing there, I realize something else: that it wasn't a coincidence whenever Carol made fun of me for still believing in the Invalids, whenever she would shake her head without bothering to look up from her knitting needles—tic, tic, tic, they went together, flashing metal—and say, "I suppose you believe in vampires and werewolves, too?"†   (source)
  • There are coincidences, and something people call luck.†   (source)
  • He peeked out through the letter box and, oh happy coincidence, there was a pair of goggled eyes peeking right back at him.†   (source)
  • Wish fulfillment plus a lucky coincidence.†   (source)
  • I told him no—it's a coincidence that it looked like mine.†   (source)
  • It seemed like an incredible coincidence that he had been named after the first Rider.†   (source)
  • By coincidence, we heard about a flight heading to that same base; the Ranger and I headed over to try to get onto the helicopter.†   (source)
  • All the girls but Rachel generally ran ragged, so this must have been—for our family—a Sunday, a coincidence of our big day and the villagers'.†   (source)
  • I suggested it was merely a coincidence, but no one was too impressed by that.†   (source)
  • Such amazing connections and strange coincidences had brought three worlds together: the world of children in japan, George in Canada, and the lost world of a Jewish girl from Czechoslovakia who died so long ago.†   (source)
  • It's not a coincidence, that's for sure."†   (source)
  • Little chance of coincidence there.†   (source)
  • He seemed thrilled, though it wasn't that big of a coincidence in a school this small.†   (source)
  • Coincidentally, also in Chattanooga, a Briarcrest tennis player was playing a tournament at the fancy local country club.†   (source)
  • Now there was a coincidence.†   (source)
  • By coincidence or out of some malignant expression of humor, the house was located right behind the city morgue, a few blocks north of City Hall.†   (source)
  • The piece of driftwood raises issues of luck and coincidence, serendipity rather than planning.†   (source)
  • You think that's a coincidence?†   (source)
  • The first time was one of those strange coincidences.†   (source)
  • Was it coincidence that joy and power imperceptibly drained from my ministry?†   (source)
  • It looks like countless other retail strips in Orange County — and the resemblance is hardly coincidental. space mountain†   (source)
  • It feels like some kind of cosmic coincidence.†   (source)
  • Isn't this a bit coincidental?†   (source)
  • Mrs. Livingston can tell that Harriet—a modern, bobbed-hair girl, a college graduate—is not convinced by dreams and coincidences.†   (source)
  • It seemed an extraordinary coincidence now, but somehow hadn't then.†   (source)
  • You are the prisoners of circumstance, of coincidence and chance if you believe in such things.†   (source)
  • If you're asking whether it's all just a cosmic coincidence or there's a greater meta-ethical purpose to life, well, that's a puzzler for the ages.†   (source)
  • Upon noticing this curious coincidence, the gentlemen then gained an ambition to visit the three villages in question - in honour, as it were, of the music hall artistes.†   (source)
  • The waitress said her daughter's name was Chloe, and we both smiled at the coincidence.†   (source)
  • And I can feel at least that I may have helped, because I cannot believe it could be a coincidence that Megan disappeared the day after I saw her with that man.†   (source)
  • Does he know it belongs to Ky or is it coincidence that he picked the Markhams' house as the hiding place?†   (source)
  • It might have been nothing more than a coincidence, but nevertheless, I felt an exultant smile overflow my face.†   (source)
  • By coincidence, she's the daughter of a carpenter from Cleveland, and after reading about Mr. Ayers, she thought he needed the piano more than she did.†   (source)
  • "It's just a horrible, miserable coincidence," she'd told me.†   (source)
  • On this Pentecost, in a rare coincidence, two extraordinary events had occurred: the death of a friend and the silver anniversary of an eminent pupil.†   (source)
  • And the thought of coincidence never entered their minds.†   (source)
  • The world ain't made a coincidences only.†   (source)
  • The card read: Dear Hilde, Life consists of a long chain of coincidences.†   (source)
  • Well, isn't that a coincidence!†   (source)
  • Once they met an acquaintance of Saeed's and this seemed an almost impossible and happy coincidence, like two leaves blown from the same tree by a hurricane landing on top of each other far away, and it cheered Saeed greatly.†   (source)
  • What a peculiar coincidence.†   (source)
  • It's hard to believe that it's a coincidence this anomaly happens every seven years, with its start on your birthday.†   (source)
  • They were way beyond coincidences.†   (source)
  • On the other hand, there was such a bizarre coincidence that Salander's antennae instantly buzzed.†   (source)
  • It is coincidence and nothing more.†   (source)
  • "I think it's a coincidence."†   (source)
  • What had they discovered that could not be interpreted as plausible, though exceptional, coincidence?†   (source)
  • We were as excited as schoolgirls to discover this improbable coincidence and we knew we had lots to talk about.†   (source)
  • This was a matter of coincidence rather than design; the senior ANC leadership on the island, the only four to have served on the National Executive Committee, happened to be Xhosa.†   (source)
  • His favorite TV show was The Simpsons, and not by coincidence, he spoke in a slightly high-pitched intonation and sometimes with a surprisingly knowing tone that sounded a lot like Bart Simpson himself.†   (source)
  • That doesn't feel like a coincidence.†   (source)
  • But then, call it coincidence, call it plot, the man's gun went off again in the distance, and I realized he was in the orange grove hunting.†   (source)
  • So then I started pulling out my coincidences.†   (source)
  • But as Whitney's friends from her group waved us over, it was clear it was no coincidence.†   (source)
  • They had been tracking down the source of the American counterfeit money that showed up in Morocco, and by coincidence arrived at the Chelsea just seconds after the FBI.†   (source)
  • It was no coincidence, in other words, that J. T. was the leader of this crack gang.†   (source)
  • Too much of a coincidence.†   (source)
  • Yeah, it is kind of a coincidence.†   (source)
  • And last night's affair seemed to overlay the landscape as Matty drove west on Interstate 10 through a town called Deming, which was Eric's last name of course, and how clammy was the hand of coincidence—faces, places and provocative remarks all running through his mind.†   (source)
  • It seemed like too much of a coincidence that those snipers had set up so perfectly.†   (source)
  • Many pendulum rides take the form of large boats, and it's probably no coincidence that a number of people find this ride evokes in them the same sense of seasickness that a real boat produces.†   (source)
  • Way too big a coincidence to have two murders on the same street at the same time by two different sets of killers.†   (source)
  • I mulled over this string of 24s and Larry's statement to me—"There is no such thing as coincidence"—all the way through my arrival in San Diego the following night.†   (source)
  • Both men were delighted by their coincidental meeting.†   (source)
  • A tissue of their former lives connected many of the onrushing warriors: ironies, coincidences of place and memory, overlapping fragments of their boyhoods.†   (source)
  • On the strength of this coincidence he'd asked her out.†   (source)
  • It was a "lucky coincidence" for him that river traffic had been halted and that police and paramedics were so close by.†   (source)
  • "That's an interesting coincidence."†   (source)
  • But the most chilling coincidence — the one that gave me an eerie feeling — was that he died of leukemia, cousin of the same degenerative disease that was coursing through me.†   (source)
  • There was a sinister and unlikely coincidence exposed that was too diabolical in implication to be anything less than the most hideous of omens.†   (source)
  • There were no coincidences.†   (source)
  • Maybe coincidence?†   (source)
  • Our day-to-day life is bombarded with fortuities or, to be more precise, with the accidental meetings of people and events we call coincidences.†   (source)
  • I mean, the coincidence!†   (source)
  • "That's a coincidence," Shiva went on.†   (source)
  • A coincidence.†   (source)
  • It could have been coincidence.†   (source)
  • Though the Little League draw was supposedly made by random selection, Cesar couldn't help but wonder if being paired against the only other Mexican team for the opening game was a coincidence.†   (source)
  • Coincidence threatens the divine order of creation and must be explained.†   (source)
  • "Coincidence," I said.†   (source)
  • It was simply an obscene coincidence.†   (source)
  • Isn't that a coincidence!†   (source)
  • Was it coincidence, Eve wondered, or design that he stood at equal distance between his father and wife?†   (source)
  • But isn't it possible that this is merely coincidence?†   (source)
  • That John Adams and Thomas Jefferson had died on the same day, and that it was, of all days, the Fourth of July, could not be seen as a mere coincidence: it was a "visible and palpable" manifestation of "Divine favor," wrote John Quincy in his diary that night, expressing what was felt and would be said again and again everywhere the news spread.†   (source)
  • Probably pure coincidence.†   (source)
  • The mainland county schoolboard, which managed the island school more by neglect than anything else, suddenly, and without explanation, sent the school a piano the year Caroline and I were in the fifth grade, and the next year, by what could only have been the happiest of coincidences, the new teacher appointed as half of the high school staff was a young man who not only knew how to play a piano but had the talent and strength of will to organize a chorus.†   (source)
  • Perhaps I was sleeping lightly, or it may have been just coincidence that I woke up to catch an anguished thought from Rosalind.†   (source)
  • You think it's a coincidence he 'helps out' in the kitchens?†   (source)
  • There was a slight coincidence here.†   (source)
  • But the smallest coincidence could draw him back.†   (source)
  • Jackie asked her husband, referring to the ship, when she learned of this coincidence.†   (source)
  • Coincidence?†   (source)
  • What a wonderful coincidence, seeing you here!†   (source)
  • My uncle says they were accidents, that it was a coincidence.†   (source)
  • "It looks like a coincidence," he said.†   (source)
  • Let us call it a happy coincidence.†   (source)
  • However, if they knew him at all, the journalists would have been assured that Lewis Tappan never left events to the chances of coincidence, especially when substantial representation from the press was guaranteed.†   (source)
  • Coincidence.†   (source)
  • Probably just a coincidence, but kind of funny just the same.†   (source)
  • Still, he answered truthfully, because the words enforced and coincidental intimacy had caused him to feel a pleasant sensation throughout his entire body.†   (source)
  • "Well, what a coincidence, I dreamed about a convertible," Merrick said.†   (source)
  • "Well," Luke says, leaning his forehead against mine and smiling, "isn't that a coincidence."†   (source)
  • "How convenient," Kessell mused, wondering if the subject of his dream had been a coincidence or a prophecy.†   (source)
  • Curious coincidence.†   (source)
  • It's not a coincidence that horrible diseases follow immoral conduct—it's the consequences that follow when you break God's laws.†   (source)
  • It was no coincidence.†   (source)
  • I mean it's so hard to just say it's absolute coincidence and then just let it go at that—that's what's so fascinating to me.†   (source)
  • It was a coincidence that each of the first Buckmen was from my home state of Louisiana.†   (source)
  • Which was one of those coincidences you run across with a million sick monkeys.†   (source)
  • I knew this had to be coincidence.†   (source)
  • "Such a coincidence," said Ralph.†   (source)
  • And the coincidence of it, Paul Berlin learned, was the peculiar fact that Oscar Johnson knew very little about surviving.†   (source)
  • At such times, perhaps, coincidentally, the leaves might fall, somewhere, by repute.†   (source)
  • At that very moment-could it have been coincidence?†   (source)
  • With coincidences blossoming these days wherever she looked, she had nothing but a sound, a word, Trystero. to hold them together.†   (source)
  • I'm sure I must have told you that, due purely to an alphabetical coincidence (everything is alphabetical in the service), Pete Strohmyer and Chuckle Stutz are my roommates here.†   (source)
  • Coincidence … ?†   (source)
  • If it had not been for Cathy's murder, fire and robbery might have been a coincidence.†   (source)
  • Then Clumly's office light went off, and the same instant--not by coincidence, Hodge had a feeling--the bearded Freeman appeared beside the Plymouth, opening the door.†   (source)
  • When someone reads a text, wants to discover its meaning, he will not scorn the symbols and letters and call them deceptions, coincidence, and worthless hull, but he will read them, he will study and love them, letter by letter.†   (source)
  • It could be coincidence, but I was not prepared to believe that.†   (source)
  • Leamas knew it wasn't coincidence any longer.†   (source)
  • What an extraordinary coincidence.†   (source)
  • I cried all night, but Fred said it wasn't a bit of use and to go to sleep, because the whole thing was just a sort of coincidence— you know: can't do nothin' about it.†   (source)
  • CROMWELL No; by an odd coincidence this cup later came into the hands of Master Rich here.†   (source)
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