accident
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"We've stolen one of our neighbours' cats by accident," she laughs, in a Zoom call from her fixer-upper in New Cross, south-east London.
From BBC ● Nov. 15, 2026
He was involved in a car accident in 2024, records show.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 14, 2026
This insurance pays a portion of someone’s income if they can’t work because of an accident or illness.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 12, 2026
A badly distorted British silver coin dating to 1834 may hold evidence of an unusual accident during the minting process nearly 200 years ago.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 11, 2026
Haunted by the accident, Jane Pierce grew desperate to hear from her child: Are you there?
From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock
As all this was going on, Chad would sometimes sit in the corridor outside the courtroom, playing with the toy cars that lawyers used to explain auto accidents to juries.
From Slate ● Nov. 12, 2026
A total of 456 people were killed in road traffic accidents in Bulgaria in 2025 -- down five percent from the previous year and 27 percent lower than in 2019.
From Barron's ● Nov. 10, 2026
Close Sánchez ally Óscar Puente resigned this week as transport minister, after seeing two deadly accidents on his watch this year.
From BBC ● Nov. 6, 2026
That year, airlines also had no fatal accidents.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 5, 2026
“Yes, Frith. That’s what we all feel. But accidents will happen. And how it happened I don’t suppose any of us will ever know.”
From "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier
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"Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" by Lewis Carroll, Chapters 10–12
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