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accident

[ak-si-duhnt] / ˈæk sɪ dənt /




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After an accident resulting in a broken hand and broken collarbone, kart racing became his specialty, with a dream of racing Formula 1 cars.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 18, 2026

Across the industry, the Goliath accident led to a series of questions, with no immediate answers: Was the incident the result of a maintenance issue, a design flaw, or perhaps operator error?

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026

Nights out have been rare for Mora in recent months after spending a huge chunk of her income to buy black-market medicine for injuries she sustained in a motorbike accident.

From Barron's ● Oct. 13, 2026

A fatal accident on a Six Flags Entertainment roller coaster sent shares of the amusement-park operator on Tuesday near the lowest level of the year.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 13, 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

Airlines, regulators and aerospace manufacturers have worked to stamp out deadly accidents resulting from overshooting runways, mistakenly flying into terrain or failures in aircraft structures.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026

Even after dramatic accidents, drivers in many cases escape relatively unscathed.

From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026

He has encountered numerous mothers coping with the sudden death of their partner from causes such as shootings, car accidents and other unexpected events.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 8, 2026

Famous for their rapid responses, the 3,000 members of Zaka are often the first to arrive on the scene of attacks or serious accidents and are trained to help survivors before tending to the dead.

From Barron's ● Oct. 5, 2026

Aging couldn’t be reversed, and there were accidents from which there was no return.

From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman


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