accidental discovery
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The accidental discovery resulted in Mr. Peper’s purchase of a small townhouse with a perfect view of the North Sea and fairway grass.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 4, 2026
A while back, I was poring over papers of a renowned scientist at UC San Diego when suddenly, an accidental discovery.
From Scientific American ● Oct. 5, 2023
They were among 10 sets of human remains found along Long Island’s Gilgo Beach in 2010 and 2011, an accidental discovery while authorities were searching for another woman who had gone missing.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 19, 2023
The show is less about plot development than it is about detection and revelation, as an accidental discovery leads Jamie down a rabbit’s hole of investigation into Amandine’s hidden life.
From New York Times ● Nov. 10, 2022
That accidental discovery was the first of several developments that would allow two researchers from Spain and Sweden to discover that normal human cells have forty-six chromosomes.
From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot
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