accident

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This year, fans unfurled an extensive tifo display marking the 120th anniversary of the Courrieres mine disaster, Europe's deadliest accident of its kind, which killed 1099 local miners.

From BBC • Apr. 10, 2026

Doug Baron, a Malibu resident, Porsche racer and fixture of the Los Angeles classic car community, was killed March 25 in a car accident in Camarillo.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2026

As for Mr. Dylan, following a 1966 motorcycle accident he retrenched and issued “John Wesley Harding,” an almost aggressively minimalist departure from the maximalist work that preceded it.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026

"To be honest, it was by accident, as most discoveries are," Yang said.

From Science Daily • Apr. 7, 2026

They were born into their sadness, but hers was the result of an accident.

From "City Spies" by James Ponti