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accident

noun as in unexpected, undesirable event; often physically injurious

noun as in chance event

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There are going to be happy accidents along the way.

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Thanks to an accident of podcasting, the actress Emily Blunt would become the global voice of Hollywood reaction.

Short and stout, he was unprepossessing and—especially unfortunate for a connoisseur of visual art—would soon lose the use of one eye in a car accident.

Full of low-key humor and beauty, this is a wonderful book about contemplation, ego and the happy accidents of creativity.

We learn that a horrific accident happened many years earlier, when the friend’s son fell from a ledge.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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