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as in casualty
a chance and usually sudden event bringing loss or injury
was involved in a minor accident on her way home from work
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as in luck
the uncertain course of events
you shouldn't leave it to accident to decide where you'll be lodging in the course of your trip across the country
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Recent Examples of accident
As if by accident, her claws scratch the eggs flies have laid there.
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María Ospina, The Dial, 31 Mar. 2026
The coroner determined that the cause of death was multiple blunt force injuries and that the manner was an accident.
—Shannon Tyler, Idaho Statesman, 31 Mar. 2026
Citadel’s journey to Florida happened almost by accident.
—Shawn Tully, Fortune, 31 Mar. 2026
The accident and arrest occurred Friday afternoon near Woods’ home on Jupiter Island, Fla.
—Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 31 Mar. 2026
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María Ospina, The Dial, 31 Mar. 2026
The coroner determined that the cause of death was multiple blunt force injuries and that the manner was an accident.
—Shannon Tyler, Idaho Statesman, 31 Mar. 2026
Citadel’s journey to Florida happened almost by accident.
—Shawn Tully, Fortune, 31 Mar. 2026
The accident and arrest occurred Friday afternoon near Woods’ home on Jupiter Island, Fla.
—Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 31 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for accident
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Such shootings have ranged from isolated events between service members to mass casualty events, such as the shooting by an Army psychiatrist at Texas' Ford Hood in 2009 that left 13 people dead.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
3 Apr. 2026
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In a cash crunch, streaming subscriptions also tend to be casualties, which only bolsters the value of over-the-air TV when Americans are keeping a tight grip on their checkbooks.—
Anthony Crupi,
Sportico.com,
3 Apr. 2026
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Reed had some luck in the low post, but the Blue Devils also started to double him, slowing his production.—
Dana O’Neil,
CNN Money,
30 Mar. 2026
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Some states have had far more lottery luck than others.—
Fernando Cervantes Jr,
USA Today,
29 Mar. 2026
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Taken to an extreme, an ever-evolving idea of retirement could outlive drastic institutional change, perhaps enduring longer than the institutions of American democracy or beyond climate disaster.—
Trevor Jackson,
The New York Review of Books,
4 Apr. 2026
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Steve DeJong will retire from the Homewood Fire Department after more than two decades to accept a position at MABAS Illinois, the statewide mutual aid and disaster response coordinator.—
Evy Lewis,
Chicago Tribune,
3 Apr. 2026
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Analysis of past avalanche accidents has indicated that larger group sizes (4 or more people) have higher chances of being caught in avalanches.—
Ethan Baron,
Mercury News,
4 Apr. 2026
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Saturday is the better day to get outside, as the chance for rain is fairly low.—
Bill Kelly,
CBS News,
4 Apr. 2026
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The agency’s Major Collision Investigation Unit detectives and crime scene investigators took over the case, and the circumstances of the crash remain under investigation.—
Sacbee.com,
Sacbee.com,
28 Mar. 2026
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No further details were released on the circumstances surrounding the shooting.—
Elyssa Kaufman,
CBS News,
28 Mar. 2026
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After a series of mishaps, including a sandstorm, mechanical problems and a helicopter collision, the operation was aborted.—
Sheena Samu,
CBS News,
27 Mar. 2026
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Neither Serve nor Coco were willing to speculate on what led to the crashes, or address the mishap being repeated by their competitor.—
Frank Landymore,
Futurism,
26 Mar. 2026
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North Miami Mayor Alix Desulme, who sometimes served as a mentor and listening board for Metayer Bowen, was equally saddened by the tragedy.—
Jacqueline Charles,
Miami Herald,
2 Apr. 2026
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Despite the Reina Sofía’s many refusals to lend the work to various institutions around the world, its rebuff of the Guggenheim’s request carries a particular sting because the Basque Country has long held that the painting belongs in the place where the depicted tragedy occurred.—
News Desk,
Artforum,
1 Apr. 2026
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“Accident.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/accident. Accessed 4 Apr. 2026.
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