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
The Pacific Merchant Shipping Association raised alarms last month after CARB’s mandated technology resulted in a port accident that nearly killed several workers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 12, 2026
Employees may get offers for coverage on accident insurance, critical-illness insurance and hospital indemnity insurance.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 12, 2026
The hugely influential aural architect found his signature style after a horrific accident at a sheet-metal plant when he was just 17.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 11, 2026
It was the next month, after a heavy snow had fallen, that my father and I had the terrible accident.
From "Black Star, Bright Dawn" by Scott O'Dell
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
He told reporters it was "always difficult when our children are victims of accidents of this nature".
From BBC ● Nov. 6, 2026
The accidents have undermined trust in the world's second-largest high-speed rail network and overshadowed campaigning for a November 29 general election in which Socialist Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez is trailing in opinion polls.
From Barron's ● Nov. 3, 2026
Pomeroy acknowledges that accidents involving wooden spears would have been possible, particularly when Neanderthals hunted large, dangerous animals at close range.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 31, 2026
There are so many freak accidents that can happen at any point.
From "They Both Die at the End" by Adam Silvera
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"Angels in the Snow"
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"Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" by Lewis Carroll, Chapters 10–12
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