How to Use accident in a Sentence
accident
noun
- The accident happened when her car slid on a patch of ice.
- He was injured in an accident at work.
- Their meeting was an accident.
- Investigators are still trying to determine the cause of the accident.
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Of the 86 workers on the bridge at the time of the accident, only 11 survived.
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Meilan Solly,
Smithsonian Magazine,
27 Mar. 2024
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The accident took place near the border of Gilbert and Mesa.
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The Arizona Republic,
20 Apr. 2024
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And while most of the fish died in the accident, a few did end up surviving.
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Tori Latham,
Robb Report,
16 Dec. 2022
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Biden's sons, Beau and Hunter, who were 4 and 3 at the time, were injured in the accident but survived.
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Gina Martinez,
CBS News,
18 Dec. 2022
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An accident may pave the way for your chance to achieve greatness.
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Roya Backlund,
StyleCaster,
26 July 2024
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At the time of the accident, Renner was at his home on New Year’s Day 2023 when his adult nephew’s truck got stuck in the snow.
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Jodi Guglielmi,
Rolling Stone,
28 Mar. 2024
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On the way home from the Crenshaw combine, the tire on the team’s bus blew out, causing an accident.
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Emily Longeretta,
Variety,
13 Feb. 2023
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Pamela Milton, 60, of Huntsville, was pronounced dead at the scene of the accident, police said at the time.
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Howard Koplowitz | [email protected],
al,
12 Sep. 2023
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But Newhard hadn’t been caught by accident on that spring day; he’d been buried by choice.
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Steve Larese,
Outside Online,
28 Oct. 2022
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Sims stayed with the injured man while Stearn helped guide paramedics to the location of the accident.
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Angelika Ytuarte,
Journal Sentinel,
17 Aug. 2024
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At first, her mother thought that there had been some kind of car accident on the Silver Bridge.
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Colin Dickey,
Popular Mechanics,
31 Aug. 2023
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The South African actress' death was ruled an accident.
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Chelsea White,
Peoplemag,
21 Dec. 2022
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The launch of the company comes on the heels of a number of deadly accidents on movie and TV sets in recent years.
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Caroline Brew,
Variety,
24 Nov. 2023
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In the wake of the accident, the US added new safety devices to its weapons and encouraged the Soviets to do the same.
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WIRED,
24 Oct. 2022
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One spray handles stains and uses enzymes to get rid of any trace of the accident.
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Maren Estrada,
BGR,
6 Oct. 2022
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Elsewhere, the fury seems aimed at the accident of his own birth in backwater Spain.
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Jackson Arn,
The New Yorker,
18 Dec. 2023
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The East Tech Rescue Team was able to stabilize the front of the home following the accident.
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Megan Sims,
cleveland,
30 Oct. 2022
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Eleven years ago in North Dakota, Shawn Strobl had an accident that would change his life.
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Mckenzie Andersen,
oregonlive,
24 July 2023
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After a car accident that wrecked the front of her vehicle, many of us thought that would end her road trip.
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Ronny Maye,
Essence,
19 Apr. 2024
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The deadly accident was the second to occur this month.
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Louis Casiano,
Fox News,
17 Sep. 2022
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In August, Heche's cause and manner of death was ruled an accident.
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Pamela Avila,
USA TODAY,
7 Dec. 2022
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Boeing’s stock price and finances have been hammered in the wake of the Jan. 5 Alaska Air accident.
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Eleanor Pringle,
Fortune,
20 June 2024
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Back in a 2005 profile with GQ, Bloom shared that his accident changed his outlook on life.
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Vanessa Etienne,
Peoplemag,
12 Oct. 2022
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The beloved actor died at 40 years old as a result of injuries sustained from the accident.
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Andrea Mandell,
Peoplemag,
21 Nov. 2023
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Bishop says the citations were part of a first draft, which went up online by accident.
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Emily Dreibelbis Forlini,
PCMAG,
11 Nov. 2024
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Those who survived then alerted authorities about the accident.
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Charna Flam,
People.com,
5 Nov. 2024
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