accidental
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For Ross Stripling, baseball was something of an accidental career.
From Los Angeles Times • May 17, 2026
How a kindergarten teacher became the accidental guardian of 200 king penguins.
From MarketWatch • May 15, 2026
A second self-defined expert recommended placing towels in the infant's cot - a practice The Lullaby Trust, a baby safety charity, says also increases the risk of Sids and "accidental death".
From BBC • May 5, 2026
Nakatani, who has held world titles in three divisions, suffered a cut above his left eye from an accidental clash of heads in the 10th round just as he was riding a wave of momentum.
From BBC • May 2, 2026
Perhaps nothing better typifies the strange and often accidental nature of chemical science in its early days than a discovery made by a German named Hennig Brand in 1675.
From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson
Vocabulary lists containing accidental
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