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accident

[ak-si-duhnt] / ˈæk sɪ dənt /




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Under international law, as set out in Annex 13 of the Convention on International Civil Aviation, the country in which an accident occurs is directly responsible for the official investigation.

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026

For example, instead of an insurer simply paying out after an accident, they may shift their value proposition from "repair and replace" to "predict and prevent."

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026

I started wondering how a band like that got past the velvet rope and realized that none of it was by accident, it was all by design.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026

Graells suggested that part of the cargo may have become buried beneath the sand immediately after the accident, preventing recovery efforts at the time.

From Science Daily • Jun. 8, 2026

“It wasn’t an accident and we did nothing wrong,” Maya-Jade said.

From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman




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