accident
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Only the accident of his intemperate sounding off, and then lack of self-knowledge to offer regrets, blew up the opportunity.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026
He said the accident wasn’t reported to the state, as is required by law.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026
The most likely explanation is that the shipment was being loaded or unloaded when an accident caused it to fall into the water.
From Science Daily • Jun. 8, 2026
The accident rate was about 2.56 for every million departures, or about one every 390,000 flights.
From Barron's • Jun. 8, 2026
Her mom from a disease called ovarian cancer, when Mom was sixteen, and her dad in a car accident two years later.
From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy
Vocabulary lists containing accident
"Angels in the Snow"
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