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"To find (someone or something) by chance."
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"(transitive, idiomatic) To find (someone or something) by chance."
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"word": "τυχαίνω"
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"sense": "to find (someone or something) by chance",
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"sense": "to find (someone or something) by chance",
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"sense": "to find (someone or something) by chance",
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"sense": "to find (someone or something) by chance",
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"sense": "to find (someone or something) by chance",
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"sense": "to find (someone or something) by chance",
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"sense": "to find (someone or something) by chance",
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"sense": "to find (someone or something) by chance",
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"sense": "to find (someone or something) by chance",
"word": "matawhaia"
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"sense": "to find (someone or something) by chance",
"word": "tūpono"
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