Art is born of a confluence of temperament and circumstances.
But the submarine's fate was also the result of a confluence of simple shipboard errors.
The group has been gaining traction, because of a confluence of factors.
The stagnant job market was not unexpected because of a confluence of events.
This speaks not of a triumphant civilian president getting the generals in line, but of a confluence of interests.
The report, by a government commission, said the escape on Feb. 27 was the result of "a confluence of factors".
But in government, particularly if public concern was rising because of a confluence of events like those that confronted Howard, that scrutiny will intensify.
All across the region, because of a confluence of mostly propitious economic forces, the squeeze is on -- and what spurts up are prices.
Mr. Diouf said the crisis was a result of a confluence of recent supply and demand factors that, he said, were here to stay.
The vortex is billed as a mysterious point where some laws of physics are temporarily suspended as the result of a confluence of magnetic fields.
Who would have dreamt that the monarchy could be doing so well?" It is probably more a case of a confluence of fortuitousness: warm weather and happy events.
