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accident

[ak-si-duhnt] / ˈæk sɪ dənt /




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Federal investigators probing the UPS disaster mentioned similarities between the November accident and the 1979 crash of American Airlines Flight 191, which involved a McDonnell Douglas DC-10 passenger jet.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 28, 2026

On the night of the world's worst nuclear accident, he was working as a turbine mechanic in unit number two, a few hundred metres from reactor number four, which exploded during a safety test.

From Barron's • Apr. 25, 2026

The defence argued an accident was always likely to happen and that O'Sullivan, of Wixams, Bedfordshire, was failed by the smart motorway system.

From BBC • Apr. 24, 2026

In 2022, Rep. Jackie Walorski of Indiana died in a car accident at 58.

From Slate • Apr. 24, 2026

Radioactivity from the accident can be found in trace amounts as far away as California and Oregon.

From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland




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