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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
Greenlight Capital’s David Einhorn compared it to an airbag that works perfectly except in a car accident.
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Gautam Mukunda, Mercury News, 19 May 2026
That meant the crash wasn’t caused by a fatal design flaw, even though there had already been a number of accidents involving DC-10s.
—Matt Lavietes, NBC news, 19 May 2026
The night of the accident Liam's mom said the tragic night started as a great evening of bonding for the four boys.
—Rick Ritter, CBS News, 19 May 2026
This might be on purpose or just by accident.
—Georgia Nicols, Denver Post, 19 May 2026
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Gautam Mukunda, Mercury News, 19 May 2026
That meant the crash wasn’t caused by a fatal design flaw, even though there had already been a number of accidents involving DC-10s.
—Matt Lavietes, NBC news, 19 May 2026
The night of the accident Liam's mom said the tragic night started as a great evening of bonding for the four boys.
—Rick Ritter, CBS News, 19 May 2026
This might be on purpose or just by accident.
—Georgia Nicols, Denver Post, 19 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for accident
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Despite the lack of casualties, the incident sparked an uproar, as the government’s response was considered delayed and inadequate.—
Brady Knox,
The Washington Examiner,
15 May 2026
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The Ziesel platform originally entered development as a support vehicle for transport and casualty evacuation missions.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
15 May 2026
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The bottom line Getting more eyes on your job listing isn't about luck or waiting for the right candidate to stumble across your post.—
Angelica Leicht,
CBS News,
18 May 2026
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The other says luck, crush and confusion.—
Kate Hardcastle,
Forbes.com,
18 May 2026
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Boeing has reached confidential pre-trial settlements in most of the dozens of wrongful death lawsuits filed in connection with the Ethiopian Airlines disaster and a similar 737 Max crash five months earlier off the coast of Indonesia that together killed 346 people.—
Rio Yamat,
Fortune,
15 May 2026
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But the 48-year-old former San Francisco County supervisor’s solution — a single-payer-style public disaster insurance program — is poorly defined and presents an enormous risk for a state struggling with chronic deficits.—
Mercury News & East Bay Times Editorial Boards,
Mercury News,
15 May 2026
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Water aficionados will enjoy the chance to experience the ins and outs of the lake, thanks to five full-service marinas along the twisting shoreline, more than four times the length of Georgia’s Atlantic coast.—
Robb Report Studio,
Robb Report,
16 May 2026
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But, over the past few months, Senators Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and Maria Cantwell (D-Washington) have been working on a bipartisan bill that would be introduced on the Senate floor that would actually have a chance at being pushed past the barriers that currently exist on both sides.—
Trey Wallace,
FOXNews.com,
15 May 2026
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For much the same reason, developers, architects and builders are starting to stress proactively designing for climate catastrophe.—
Jeffrey Steele,
Forbes.com,
18 May 2026
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Local elections in England are usually low-stakes affairs, but this year’s results proved to be a catastrophe for the Labour Party.—
Ava Kofman,
New Yorker,
14 May 2026
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The argument for keeping an underperforming manager tends to centre on whether there were enough mitigating circumstances behind a bad season, and whether the club can use their summer to make the correct changes in player recruitment and wider infrastructure to fix things.—
Carl Anka,
New York Times,
17 May 2026
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Each time, the circumstances of the test change.—
Deborah Treisman,
New Yorker,
17 May 2026
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Smalley’s mishap, coupled with a birdie from his playing partner Matti Schmid landed the German on the top of the leaderboard at -6.—
Kevin Dotson,
CNN Money,
17 May 2026
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The building that housed the Wicker Park restaurant was severely damaged in a construction mishap and had to be torn down.—
Adam Harrington,
CBS News,
17 May 2026
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The Paramount+ drama series follows a New York family that relocates to rural Montana after a family tragedy.—
Jack Dunn,
Variety,
21 May 2026
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That’s not to minimize the tragedies of the early 737 Max crashes, but to acknowledge that Boeing, airlines, and regulators took those events seriously and addressed the problems.—
Zach Wichter,
USA Today,
20 May 2026
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“Accident.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/accident. Accessed 21 May. 2026.
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