accidental
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Over that period, the laboratory received 274 samples connected to 201 suspected cases of either deliberate or accidental poisoning across the UK, Ireland, and Gibraltar.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 15, 2026
By catching the dust plume in action, astronomers hope to turn this accidental crash into a useful experiment.
From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2026
Maybe accidental spoilers are just par for the course?
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2026
The new policy preserves the benefits of life-sciences research while defining the areas of greatest risk, including prevention of accidental or intentional lab leaks, and penalties for irresponsible practices.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026
It was the first payment on a forty-thousand-dollar policy that in the event of death by accidental means, paid double indemnity.
From "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote
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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