chance encounter

collocation in English

meaningsofchanceandencounter

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chance
noun
uk
/tʃɑːns/us
/tʃæns/
an occasion that allows something to ...
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encounter
noun[C]
uk
/ɪnˈkaʊn.tər/us
/ɪnˈkaʊn.t̬ɚ/
a meeting, especially one that happens ...
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(Definition ofchanceandencounterfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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For many of them, achanceencounterwith traditional music rekindled their interest.
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Here there is anotherchanceencounter, this time between two contemporaries who have not met for several years.
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But this was nochanceencounter.
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Thischanceencountershowed that major elements of the enemy navy were at sea and that considerable events were in train.
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A victim may have spent years trying to put behind them their horrible and painful memories, only to have those memories ripped open by achanceencounter.
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At 19, achanceencounterwith a school friend allowed him to discover the art of magic and of card manipulation.
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Achanceencounterwith a popular mushroom manual in 1831 awakened his intellectual curiosity.
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From thatchanceencounter, the two quickly become reliant upon one another and form the strongest bond of any two characters in the series.
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In achanceencounterbefore the show, the two met and formed a lasting friendship.
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Achanceencounterled to the founding of one of the most legendary hotels in the city's history.
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Thischanceencounterplanted the spark that made him seek to support himself as a professional photographer.
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Reeling from thechanceencounter, she steps out onto the street and is hit by a passing vehicle.
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However, over time, the cumulative probability of achanceencounterwith a star increases, and disruption of the planets becomes all but inevitable.
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Achanceencounterled to a new lease and the eventual sale of the property.
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Volstagg, whom they meet in achanceencounteralong the way, accompanies them and gives the reporters his own perspective.
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Achanceencounterin 2000 attracted a local bottlenose dolphin whilst on exercises.
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There was achanceencounterbetween the advance groups of both armies at the summit near the pass.
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With so few wild plants, leaving the process to achanceencounterwith a suitable pollinator was considered unwise.
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They are brought together following achanceencounterwith some dog dirt and a trip to a bowling alley.
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They have achanceencounterwith a group of actors who are short of two people for rehearsal.
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