accidental

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"When I saw the footage, it was immediately clear that this was not accidental," Auersperg says.

From Science Daily • Mar. 26, 2026

Have you or someone you know become an accidental landlord because of the housing market?

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 22, 2026

The contest was delayed in the fourth round as Murphy took time to recover from an accidental groin strike in a move for which the Russian was docked a point.

From BBC • Mar. 21, 2026

In Bernard’s telling, citizenship was not the product of “mere accidental birth,” but rather the “political condition” of the parents.

From Slate • Mar. 18, 2026

Many authors of stylebooks, such as Strunk and White, try to protect writers against this accidental hilarity with the advice to “keep related words together.”

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker