accidental
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Warming oceans, habitat destruction, predation by rats and dogs, competition with commercial fisheries and accidental capture in fishing nets are also threatening many populations.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 22, 2026
The strike was reviewed and determined to have been accidental, so the fight continued.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 20, 2026
The Nottingham Forest defender bundled the ball home in the 67th minute but video assistant referee Peter Bankes stepped in to rule out the goal for accidental handball.
From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2026
When we ended our accidental pilgrimage at Temple No. 1, Ryozen-ji, we had visited 55 of the 88 Henro temples.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 6, 2026
The division of the liberal arts is not accidental; it articulates a coherent system of thought.
From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith
This version needed to then be translated into conventional music using normal accidentals.
From New York Times ● Feb. 11, 2024
You have Blackwood’s old recording and scores, which look like familiar scores but have lots of odd accidentals in them.
From New York Times ● Feb. 11, 2024
Humans have long marveled at such exotic stragglers — which experts also refer to as waifs, rarities, extralimitals, casuals and accidentals — and what they suggest about the biological importance of wandering.
From New York Times ● Apr. 7, 2022
In this year, which at home differed only in accidentals from other prosperous peacetime years, the U.S. also held an election.
From Time Magazine Archive
But some care must be taken to correctly transpose accidentals.
From "Understanding Basic Music Theory" by Catherine Schmidt-Jones and Russel Jones
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