accidental
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“American Gothic,” she writes, is “an accidental masterpiece.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026
Officials in South Carolina announced Wednesday that an investigation found Hayden Panettiere’s Aug. 16 death to be accidental and the case is now closed.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2026
The death of US actress Hayden Panettiere has been ruled accidental, ending a local probe in her death, police in South Carolina have said.
From BBC ● Oct. 28, 2026
It’s not irrelevant or accidental that the call, as they say in horror movies, is coming from inside the house.
From Salon ● Oct. 26, 2026
It was comforting to know that the other kids’ lives were as accidental and chaotic as ours were.
From "Three Little Words: A Memoir" by Ashley Rhodes-Courter
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
This version needed to then be translated into conventional music using normal accidentals.
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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