accident
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For example, instead of an insurer simply paying out after an accident, they may shift their value proposition from "repair and replace" to "predict and prevent."
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026
I started wondering how a band like that got past the velvet rope and realized that none of it was by accident, it was all by design.
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 switches moved one second apart, according to the initial accident report.
From Barron's • Jun. 8, 2026
There were none, for the accident that took his ear and eye had also taken his memory.
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
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