accident
Example Sentences
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There are allusions to the tragedies that befell him: the loss of a young daughter to measles encephalitis and his son’s near-fatal accident.
Riverside County is home to a large wild donkey population, and it’s not uncommon for the animals to be accidentally injured in car accidents or run-ins with fences.
From Los Angeles Times
"We rarely, if ever, investigate a major accident where it was one failure," she said.
From Barron's
“We rarely, if ever, investigate a major accident where it was one failure,” Homendy said at a news briefing Tuesday.
Sunday’s accident comes at a moment of reckoning for U.S. aviation safety, long viewed as the global gold standard.
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