accident

Example Sentences

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“I feel so bad. He’s got some difficulty — there was an accident, and that’s all I know,” Trump said.

From Salon • Apr. 2, 2026

She’d begun painting only months earlier, after being injured in a traffic accident that maimed her for life.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026

The fact that these two issues are coming up now — together— is no accident.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 31, 2026

Canada has two official languages -- English and French -- and media reports noted that one of the pilots killed in the accident was from French-speaking Quebec.

From Barron's • Mar. 30, 2026

He quit Deutsche Bank to join the happy hunt for accident and disaster, and pretty quickly found himself working alone again.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis