accident
Example Sentences
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“He was prone to accidents,” said his brother, Bob Levis, 84.
Egypt's existing train network -- used by a million people every day -- is plagued by infrastructure and maintenance problems that caused nearly 200 accidents last year, according to official figures.
From Barron's
“In fact, probably both those reasons are also the No. 1 and No. 2 reasons why people get in accidents, which is why we focus on that so heavily.”
From Los Angeles Times
Poland, which still relies on coal for nearly 60 percent of its energy, has witnessed a number of mining accidents in recent years.
From Barron's
"The July report highlights the government's attempt to frame the accident as being caused mainly by pilot error," Ko Jae-seung, 43, who lost both parents in the crash, said.
From Barron's
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