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accident

noun as in unexpected, undesirable event; often physically injurious

noun as in chance event

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A former air accident investigator who spoke to the BBC emphasised the importance of "keeping an open mind", until the process has been completed.

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Amélie’s rowdy approach becomes more nuanced when she is confronted with a loved one’s death, as well as her own mortality in the aftermath of two accidents.

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It is no accident of history that those creeds and movements that reject capitalism—Nazism, Soviet communism, radical Islam—also feature noxious antisemitism.

The defence said it was a "momentary lapse on her part", a "terribly tragic accident" in which she too "significantly suffered".

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The accident happened after the white Volkswagen Tiguan the five were in left a major road and crashed into a wooded area.

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