on account

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He named the small boat the Wreck-less on account of it not suffering a big hole that would cause it to sink.

From Literature

“And it can’t tell me when that might not happen either, on account of its having no hands. So it remains a possibility.”

From Literature

They wouldn’t get any closer, on account of USC’s star freshman, who personally staved off any serious threat of a Badger comeback.

From Los Angeles Times

Part of that diminished firepower was on account of its star freshman’s illness, as Arenas looked nothing like the player who came alive over the last two weeks.

From Los Angeles Times

The opening film, "No Good Men" by Iran-born Afghan director Shahrbanoo Sadat, tells the story of Naru, a reporter at a Kabul TV station separated from her husband on account of his infidelities who questions her beliefs about men during a fateful assignment.

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