And it was a performance that caught the eye of Rebel Wilson, who watched on from the stands and then struck up and unlikely friendship with Muchova.

Source: https://www.express.co.uk/sport/tennis/1779284/French-Open-Karolina-Muchova-Rebel-Wilson

And so fast forward a couple of years at a charity golf event when one of them struck up a conversation with Dale Berra.

Source: https://awfulannouncing.com/mlb/director-sean-mullin-on-yogi-berra-and-it-aint-over-he-was-criminally-overlooked-his-entire-life.html

Archie's mom, Mary Andrews, bought a dress shop where one day a woman came in, struck up a conversation with her, and moved in with her a few weeks later.

Source: https://www.buzzfeed.com/ajanibazile/riverdale-ending

At the time that they struck up their romance in 2015, Gere and Silva were both in the process of divorcing their previous spouses.

Source: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-11768007/Richard-Gere-73-recovering-hospitalized-pneumonia-Mexico.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490

From this sputtering start, we struck up a conversation via text messages that graduated to video calls.

Source: https://www.latimes.com/lifestyle/story/2023-04-07/la-affairs-we-lived-apart-but-traveled-the-world-together

John O’Connor struck up a romance with a fellow Alzheimer’s patient, a relationship experts say is not uncommon among people with dementia.

Source: https://ktar.com/story/5551471/justice-sandra-day-oconnor-paved-a-path-for-women-on-the-supreme-court/

Minutes before he robbed a Loop bank and exchanged gunfire with a guard earlier this month, Jawad Hakeem met a woman smoking a cigarette in an alley and struck up a conversation, according to the FBI.

Source: https://chicago.suntimes.com/2023/3/30/23663196/chance-encounter-arrest-of-man-accused-of-robbing-loop-bank-and-exchanging-gunfire-with-guard

One man, a soldier in the British Army, met Lynch at a pub in Ballater where they struck up a friendship and she quickly asked him for a loan of money.

Source: https://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/news/aberdeen-aberdeenshire/5937421/rocha-lynch-caitlin-rattray-blackmail-sex-scam/

Since then, Wilson and Rodgers have reportedly struck up a friendship.

Source: https://www.deseret.com/2023/4/26/23699602/aaron-rodgers-jets-help-zach-wilson-get-confidence-back

While on a routine trip to the grocery recently, Brown struck up a conversation with the store manager.

Source: https://therecordnewspaper.org/a-ministry-of-presence-parishioner-wins-spirit-of-hope-award/