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accidentally

[ak-si-den-tl-ee] / ˌæk sɪˈdɛn tl i /


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“Even for operators that do E-Verify, and do all the things, there is a real unrest in terms of making sure everyone is safe and not accidentally getting caught up in something,” Korsmo said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 12, 2026

This could be a simple mistake of accidentally clicking “publish” over “save draft” at a CNN news desk.

From Salon • Apr. 11, 2026

The original golden touch belonged to King Midas, who loved it until he accidentally killed his daughter by turning her into a gold statue.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2026

Anthropic recently accidentally released part of its internal source code for Claude Code due to "human error".

From BBC • Apr. 1, 2026

When the food came, Felix accidentally dropped a small blob of ketchup on one page.

From "Millionaires for the Month" by Stacey McAnulty




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