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
It could be days or even weeks before the full picture of what happened and what we can learn from it is known - but for planetary geologists, this accidental collision is a scientific gift.
From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2026
Since 2020 there have been more than 100 accidental drownings across the capital.
From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2026
Maybe accidental spoilers are just par for the course?
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2026
Nor was the resonant swagger of its nickname accidental.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
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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
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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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