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serendipity

se ruhn di pi tee

  • n  good luck in making unexpected and fortunate discoveries

  • Fleming probably would have remained a quiet bacteriologist had serendipity not come calling that fateful September in 1928.
  • Or is it the serendipity of the right kid in the right role under the right director? No idea.
  • But this is a contrived serendipity engineered by someone's editorial judgment.
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  • Karl Barry Sharpless in Business Wire (press release)
    It was pure serendipity,says Sharpless of the discovery of the copper effect. "I just couldn't believe that reaction. It sounds like magic, but nothing can stop it. It's like a black hole."
  • Jon Wefald in ESPN
    In 1989, Bill Snyder was not on our radar screen,university president Jon Wefald said. "There were four or five coaches on the list. Bill Snyder was not on the list. But somehow, some way -- probably serendipity -- we came across the...
  • Simon Pegg in MTV.com (blog)
    David Tennant had to drop out of 'B&H' but by sheer glorious serendipity a legend of Middle Earth and Skull Island has come aboard. Welcome AS,Simon Pegg wrote on this Twitter account today.

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