The phrase "coincidental encounter" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe an unexpected meeting or interaction with someone.
Example: "Their coincidental encounter at the coffee shop led to a long conversation about their shared interests."
Alternatives: "chance meeting" or "unexpected encounter".
From Gerhard in Belgium, to Dimitris in Belarus; from Fizle, Slavic, Joe Cheng on the Trans-Siberian; to William, Dominic and Umon on the MV Rus, whether these people realised it or not, these coincidental encounters had helped convert me from a pessimist into an optimist.
As a lover of detective fiction, I admire Bovell's use of narrative suspense and his ability to suggest that coincidental encounters mask a deep unease: a seemingly random confrontation between two women in a bar, for instance, leads to the revelation that they are differently attached to the same man.
Pedro Almodovar's first international hit, this kinetic, farcical romp mixes up absurd comic situations and bizarre, coincidental encounters between ex-lovers, jealous wives, Shiite terrorists, and sexy apartment seekers.
As The Times's Mark Landler wrote, Clinton aides did everything they could to arrange a "coincidental" brief encounter — including asking that Clinton's speech be just before Khatami's and that Clinton be seated within chair-bumping range of Khatami at the secretary general's lunch.
How many of these encounters are coincidental isn't always clear, but gradually the possibility of something new is offered to each person.
Though coincidental, the timing of New Horizons' encounter – in the early hours of a new year – is "auspicious," Stern said.
So with that in mind, we also set off to do a subgroup analysis to find out if the results we obtained were coincidental or if having previous SRC encounters influenced the publics' answers.
It was one of those chance encounters that seemed more than coincidental.
In the recent retrial of Evans, details about the sexual history of the complainant were used after appeal judges ruled the accounts were so similar to the alleged encounter with the footballer that it could not reasonably be explained as coincidental.
These are not coincidental.
