accident
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Purser said he sees “scandal” not as “an accident or a bug” but rather a “feature” of the New Age economy.
From Salon • May 19, 2026
That disbelief has also been felt by John Santi, who was 13 in 1976 when his older brother Tony died, aged 19, in a motorcycle accident.
From BBC • May 19, 2026
Investigators initially treated the death as an accident, with early findings suggesting Isak, one of Spain's richest men, may have slipped.
From Barron's • May 19, 2026
Mango announced its founder’s “unexpected death” in a news release the same day, calling it an accident.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 19, 2026
Their secret method wasn’t the all-powerful hand of accident.
From "The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams" by Daniel Nayeri
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