accident
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British cyclist Finlay Tarling has died aged 19, after a serious accident during the eighth stage of the Volta a Portugal.
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026
“Yeah, when I was out with Annie before Europe. Just a dress I thrifted. I left it at a cafe by accident, but they had it, thank goodness.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026
The drivers must also be provided with workplace accident insurance under the new rules, which come into effect on August 17.
From Barron's ● Aug. 12, 2026
In that accident, an Army helicopter crashed into an American Airlines regional jet preparing to land.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026
In an accident, radiation—the protons and neutrons that continue to fly from the broken halves of uranium in the fuel—may travel a short distance from the reactor.
From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland
One goal of the bill is to aid plaintiff attorneys who figure they can obtain bigger legal payouts for accidents from Amazon than they could from its small-business partners.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026
Since then, Díaz’s musical career has been full of happy accidents, which have yielded an urbano-alternative fusion all his own.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026
Marine accidents are a regular occurrence in Indonesia -- an archipelago of more than 17,000 islands that rely heavily on boat connections.
From Barron's ● Aug. 12, 2026
Some 79 people were killed in e-scooter accidents last year, a sharp rise from the 45 who died the year prior, police said on Saturday, citing figures from France's road safety watchdog.
From BBC ● Aug. 8, 2026
Aging couldn’t be reversed, and there were accidents from which there was no return.
From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman
Vocabulary lists containing accident
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