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Examples
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Chancing a question, he gave her some distance to keep her from feeling trapped.
Surrender the Dark L. A. Banks 2011
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Chancing a question, he gave her some distance to keep her from feeling trapped.
Surrender the Dark L. A. Banks 2011
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Chancing to meet Alton Granger on the street, to whom never before had he mentioned the ten dollars loaned him in '74, he reminded Alton Granger of the little affair, and was promptly paid.
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Chancing last week on a study about the calming effect of dreams on people with post-traumatic stress disorder, I decided to read recent research on dreams.
To Sleep, Perchance to Dream—But Why? Matt Ridley 2011
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Chancing upon the Thai festival of Loy Krathong, the celebration of light and water, was one of those magical gifts of travel.
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Chancing upon the Thai festival of Loy Krathong, the celebration of light and water, was one of those magical gifts of travel.
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Chancing upon the Thai festival of Loy Krathong, the celebration of light and water, was one of those magical gifts of travel.
Photo Journeys: Alison Wright: Thailand: Loy Krathong Festival 2008
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Chancing to raise her eyes as the elder lady was regarding her, she playfully put back her hair, which was simply braided on her forehead; and threw into her beaming look, such an expression of affection and artless loveliness, that blessed spirits might have smiled to look upon her.
Oliver Twist 2007
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Chancing to trip, in his abstraction, over the spreading root of an old tree, he raised his pious eyes to take a survey of the ground before him.
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Chancing to take up a newspaper of your county the other day, my eye fell upon your name.
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