incident
Example Sentences
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The family of a 16-year-old have paid tribute to their "bright, beautiful" girl after she died following an incident on the London Underground.
From BBC
Video of the incident showed an SUV being towed away from the parking garage of the Da Vinci Apartments, where Martinez is being pinned to the ground by agents.
From Los Angeles Times
Some of the recent incidents “highlight the difficulties the Americans will now face in distinguishing meaningfully between forces of the new Syrian government and ISIS,” Heller said.
The release pointed to increases in incidents involving suspects armed with a gun, which rose from seven in 2024 to 12 so far this year.
From Los Angeles Times
But the school, according to records, merely documented the incidents and then removed the boy from music class for the last weeks of the school year.
From Salon
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