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accident

[ak-si-duhnt] / ˈæk sɪ dənt /




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"The State Council's accident investigation team will conduct a rigorous and uncompromising investigation," Xinhua said.

From Barron's • May 23, 2026

Or you get an email from someone claiming to be your grandson, saying they’ve been in a car accident in Mexico and they’ve been arrested, and can you please wire money for a bond.

From MarketWatch • May 22, 2026

Facing repeated stall warnings and wildly fluctuating airspeed readings, the pilots responded by pulling up the nose of the plane, causing its speed to drop and the aircraft to stall, French accident investigators found.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026

Injured in a playground accident in 2023, Luke now uses a wheelchair, but that hasn’t stopped him from pursuing all the things that he loves, including adaptive basketball.

From Los Angeles Times • May 21, 2026

What happened next led them, almost by accident, to the unusual approach to financial markets that would soon make them rich.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis




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