They were free of all three, which seemed to Jay to stretch coincidence a bit.
"How far do you want to stretch coincidence?"
For him to have just plucked the same idea out of the air seemed to be stretching coincidence too far.
When you add in all the rest of the details we've got here, Helen's middle name being Ruth is stretching coincidence too far.
Two separate, simultaneous, high-level leaks was stretching coincidence a long way.
I've got to admit it seems to be stretching coincidence to have two similar fires so close together.
"You're stretching coincidence too far."
But the character's resemblance to Mr. Rivera in several respects stretches coincidence very near to the breaking point.
I think it's stretching coincidence - first the incident with you, then Kilchas is killed, then Lissandra.
It was stretching coincidence too far to believe that there was no connection.