accidentally
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For example, Grandy noted, a drone operator accidentally struck a Super Scooper plane during the Palisades fire, damaging the aircraft.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 1, 2026
Pacing the stage in the throes of one lengthy, unaccompanied solo, Rollins leaps recklessly—and accidentally clears the edge of the stage, landing many feet below on a stone floor.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 26, 2026
A simple way to imagine this is like making two photocopies of a document but accidentally placing both copies into the same folder instead of separating them.
From Science Daily • May 25, 2026
He obtained the work phones after they accidentally fell into the River Danube on an interior ministry boating trip.
From BBC • May 20, 2026
While dressing the president’s wound, he accidentally cut himself.
From "Ambushed!" by Gail Jarrow
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