"I happened to be at the right spot at the right time, " Maltz said.
Some months later, I happened to be in a restaurant in the Bahamas with some members of my family.
The next morning, I happened to be the first car to the junction after the lights had gone red.
But if I happened to be someone who has not been following the discussion, I would have believed every word Mitt Romney said.
My favorite would have to be whichever I happened to be watching at the time as each brough something unique and different to the role.
Unfortunately, I happened to be the sole passenger on a 12-seat converted fishing boat en route to Koh Rong Saloem when I first experienced this phenomenon.
And if I happened to be a page or two ahead of her she would carefully explain to me how her book was more difficult than mine.
Weeks before, some bored drone at the TV station had decided to dump it into this time slot, and today I happened to be home from school with bronchitis.
The screen crawl of Twitter feeds which ran at the bottom of the screen of the station I happened to be watching the debate on actually had a comment wondering if it would come to blows.
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For example, if I happened to be the type of person who wanted a lot of social interaction at work, my career in writing (no matter how much I love the activity) would be quite a letdown.
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From my seat, in the snowy wilds of western Pennsylvania, where I happened to be when this festival began, the experience of logging in and watching was by no means perfect, but that wasn't the show's fault.
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Many years later, I also happened to be part of a rescue party, so I know exactly how they felt.
"I just happened to be the one who busted open the door, " Wilpers told the AP in the 2010 interview.
At least I am aware now and I know the signs, so if it happened again I'd be able to help him as much as I can - and just be there for him.
The first time my dad ever heard me speak was at SMW, and when I gave the keynote speech last year, the venue happened to be in the same building I grew up in, three floors above my childhood apartment.
My first major was English, because I knew what a disappointment and sorrow I'd been to my parents and I wanted them to be proud of me despite everything that had happened.
"To be able to be ready after what's happened here, I'm very happy, " said Alberto Zamperla, chairman of Central Amusement International, which operates Luna Park.
And she happened to be here, and I was like, you got to come, you got to come and check this out.
It happened to be a perfect storm where I was making a swing change, and I was hurt, and I couldn't devote any time to it.
"The fourth set I should have lost, I was down 11 break points and I only had one break point, it just happened to be on set point, " Chang said.
After a hard time I needed to be near my friends and family to have more energy to play and this is what happened.
But again, I think it would be constructive to focus on what happened prior to the attack itself.
"I was waiting around wondering what happened, wondering whether there was going to be a do-over, " she said.
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Therefore, I think we should be able to agree that absolutely nothing has happened to give the lie to the proposition that proven voter fraud, statistically, happens about as often as death by lightning strike.
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Mandela just happened to be an honorary fellow at Magdalene College, where I was studying.
But I happened to know of a few watering holes sprinkled around that beautiful landscape that would be the perfect places to set our weekend crooked.
And if you happened to first be following that (mistaken) trail, as I did at first, you would not find a debunking link anywhere in the first ten pages or more of the search results.
"I don't know how it happened, " Malik insisted, after asking not to be named.
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