accidental
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By catching the dust plume in action, astronomers hope to turn this accidental crash into a useful experiment.
From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2026
Israeli media reported that police were treating the fire as accidental, caused by cigarette butts thrown from a car window.
From BBC ● Aug. 1, 2026
Lacy delivered the accidental reveal while speaking with Twitch star Valkyrae, who hosted the film’s official red carpet stream.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2026
Their elusiveness isn’t an accidental feature but the means by which they work.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026
Heat washed over me in waves as I tried not to think too hard about how nice Oliver’s smile was, whether that brief touch had been accidental or intentional...
From "Bye Forever, I Guess" by Jodi Meadows
This version needed to then be translated into conventional music using normal accidentals.
From New York Times ● Feb. 11, 2024
You have Blackwood’s old recording and scores, which look like familiar scores but have lots of odd accidentals in them.
From New York Times ● Feb. 11, 2024
Humans have long marveled at such exotic stragglers — which experts also refer to as waifs, rarities, extralimitals, casuals and accidentals — and what they suggest about the biological importance of wandering.
From New York Times ● Apr. 7, 2022
In this year, which at home differed only in accidentals from other prosperous peacetime years, the U.S. also held an election.
From Time Magazine Archive
Figure 1.19: When a sharp sign appears in the C space in the key signature, all C's are sharp unless marked as accidentals.
From "Understanding Basic Music Theory" by Catherine Schmidt-Jones and Russel Jones
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