CHANCES (UPON) Synonyms: 45 Similar and Opposite Words

chances (upon)

verb

present tense third-person singular of chance (upon)

as in encounters

to come upon face-to-face or as if face-to-face chanced upon my archenemy as I rounded a corner

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as in finds

to come upon unexpectedly or by chance I chanced upon your mother in the grocery store yesterday

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Set on England’s southern coast after an unexplained catastrophe, the darkly comic novel follows a beachcomber who encounters a mysterious, shape-shifting artifact.

— Jill Lawless, Los Angeles Times, 10 Nov. 2026
From there, Seyfried becomes part of the documentary herself, reprising her role as Holmes in reenactments of conversations and encounters Fielder was unable to capture on camera.

— Lily Brown, PEOPLE, 9 Nov. 2026

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However recognizable the structures may be—isolated phrases giving way to longform improvisation—the performance finds Taylor in a transitional period, one in which the ephemerality of the moment pushed its musicians to bold new places.

— Levi Dayan, Pitchfork, 3 Nov. 2026
The survey finds that the Democratic candidates running in Michigan, Texas, Maine, Ohio, and Kansas are ahead of their Republican counterparts by 11, 7, 6, 5, and 5 percentage points, respectively.

— Carter Schroppe, The Washington Examiner, 2 Nov. 2026

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The program meets military medics, corpsmen and service members at the crossroads of their transition, guiding them into professional health programs.

— Cindy Krischer Goodman, Sun Sentinel, 11 Nov. 2026
At the location in North Miami-Dade, a group of Black veterans meets every day of the year except for Christmas.

— Michael Butler, Miami Herald, 11 Nov. 2026

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