1
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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2
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
Of course, an accident doesn’t have to happen, but you could be distracted because your emotions are heightened.
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Georgia Nicols, Denver Post, 3 Mar. 2026
And while the governor points to fraud rings that stage accidents to file claims, that kind of fraud is already against the law.
—Ben Crump, New York Daily News, 3 Mar. 2026
Video installed on snowplows in Iowa helped demonstrate that all but one of 12 snowplow accidents in a single day were the other driver’s fault, said Craig Bargfrede, the state’s winter operations administrator.
—Jeff McMurray, Fortune, 3 Mar. 2026
Turning to Yasmin, there are so many biographical parallels between her and Ghislaine Maxwell — their dads being publishing barons who had fatal accidents on their boats.
—Alison Herman, Variety, 2 Mar. 2026
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Georgia Nicols, Denver Post, 3 Mar. 2026
And while the governor points to fraud rings that stage accidents to file claims, that kind of fraud is already against the law.
—Ben Crump, New York Daily News, 3 Mar. 2026
Video installed on snowplows in Iowa helped demonstrate that all but one of 12 snowplow accidents in a single day were the other driver’s fault, said Craig Bargfrede, the state’s winter operations administrator.
—Jeff McMurray, Fortune, 3 Mar. 2026
Turning to Yasmin, there are so many biographical parallels between her and Ghislaine Maxwell — their dads being publishing barons who had fatal accidents on their boats.
—Alison Herman, Variety, 2 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for accident
Noun
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The two sides have reported differing casualty figures.—
Sophia Saifi,
CNN Money,
27 Feb. 2026
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The deaths and injuries were confirmed by Fadel Naeem, director of Al-Ahli Hospital, where the casualties arrived.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
27 Feb. 2026
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So far, though, astronomers haven't had much luck finding any such line.—
Kiona N. Smith,
Space.com,
2 Mar. 2026
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But many people who bought travel insurance as a financial backstop to protect against such travel disruptions may be out of luck.—
Greg Iacurci,
CNBC,
2 Mar. 2026
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And the bipartisan Washington consensus eschews reforms in favor of praying that the economy magically grows its way out of this fiscal disaster.—
Tiana Lowe Doescher,
The Washington Examiner,
27 Feb. 2026
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Hundreds of agency staff, including those involved with disaster recovery efforts, have been grounded.—
Brianna Sacks,
Washington Post,
27 Feb. 2026
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This chance encounter between a group of young Brits and Americans led to three transatlantic love stories and three weddings.—
Maureen O'Hare,
CNN Money,
28 Feb. 2026
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This will be, probably, your only chance for generations.—
Washington Examiner Staff,
The Washington Examiner,
28 Feb. 2026
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The circumstances surrounding this incident are currently under investigation.—
Jeramie Bizzle,
CBS News,
28 Feb. 2026
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True love lies in the middle — neither one creates the circumstances for romance to bloom.—
Sarah Moore,
Freep.com,
27 Feb. 2026
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At the time of the mishap, some E/A-18 Growlers were transitioning to a new type of software meant to help them to conduct airborne electronic warfare, mostly to protect aircraft carriers from enemy attacks.—
Gary Robbins,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
27 Feb. 2026
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When—and why—laughter works In the study, Sezer and her colleagues ran six experiments involving more than 3,000 participants who read about other people’s embarrassing mishaps, like dramatically knocking over a glass in a restaurant or enthusiastically waving at the wrong person.—
Angela Haupt,
Time,
27 Feb. 2026
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In 2021, 12-year-old Molly Steinsapir died after losing control of an e-bike on a steep hill in Pacific Palisades, a tragedy that led her parents to sue the manufacturer and brought new scrutiny to how e-bike companies market their products to families with children.—
Cierra Morgan
March 4,
Los Angeles Times,
4 Mar. 2026
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Though the other children recovered, Nicholas died several days later, a tragedy Dominici said will shape the rest of her life.—
Sheetal Banchariya,
New York Daily News,
4 Mar. 2026
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“Accident.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/accident. Accessed 7 Mar. 2026.
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