Lawyers representing the government said that the moves were an "unfortunate coincidence".

That's what happens in real life and it's called an unfortunate but not very important coincidence.

Sheer bad luck, an unfortunate coincidence in timing, an act of God, call it what you like.

Or are the deaths and accidents this year an unfortunate coincidence?

It was only unfortunate coincidence that he had fallen prey.

The juxtaposition of these two events is an unfortunate coincidence.

Well, it's not really irony - just an unfortunate coincidence.

Those in power would have us believe that this state of affairs is an unfortunate coincidence.

He was willing to accept it as an unfortunate coincidence.

Such stories were common enough, and he may assume that its relationship to his own case is just an unfortunate coincidence.