accident
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The accident, the largest offshore oil spill in U.S. history, killed 11 workers, claimed the lives of thousands of marine animals, and caused widespread damage to ocean ecosystems.
From Science Daily • Jun. 5, 2026
Benz's story highlights a familiar script: an emotionally charged call purportedly from a loved one in trouble -- arrested, in a car accident or caught up in a crime -- who needs money.
From Barron's • Jun. 3, 2026
Microsoft in 2024 struck a deal with power producer Constellation Energy to restart the undamaged reactor at the Three Mile Island nuclear plant, the site of the worst nuclear accident in U.S. history.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 3, 2026
This concerned a service member who was killed in a car accident by a federal employee driving a government vehicle.
From Slate • Jun. 2, 2026
If they’re released during a nuclear accident, the same neutrons that ping around inside the nuclear reactor breaking apart uranium atoms can careen through a worker’s body.
From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland
Vocabulary lists containing accident
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