accident
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Once, when a daredevil subordinate had landed in the hospital because of a bicycle racing accident, Raymond called him at his hospital bed.
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
Boeing stock traded at about $204 before the accident, more than 50% below its all-time high of roughly $440 per share reached in early 2019.
From Barron's • Jun. 8, 2026
Fourteen days after the accident, Phineas develops a huge abscess under the skin just above his eyes.
From "Phineas Gage" by John Fleischman
Vocabulary lists containing accident
"Angels in the Snow"
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"Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" by Lewis Carroll, Chapters 10–12
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