By accident and Chance

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Chance and by accident are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Chance" instead an adjective phrase "By accident".

Chance adjective - Happening by chance.

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By accident and chance are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "By accident" instead an adjective "Chance".

Nearby Words: chancy, chanced, chancery, chanceful, chancing

Interestingly enough, although the trope is named in Half-Life 2, the situation is a subversion from that point onwards, as the G-Man himself has purposefully left Gordon at a specific place and time, rather than Gordon falling into it by accident or chance.

Source: Right Man in the Wrong Place
Later, Danny's voice speaks from the Nethersphere to Clara, but instead of returning to life he sacrifices his chance to instead send back the child he killed long ago by accident in a war.

Source: Heroic Sacrifice / Live-Action TV
Technically your own jump therefore isn't blind, but it's close enough that the chance of someone else ending up in the same place by accident is essentially zero.

Source: Blind Jump

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