accidents

noun

plural of accident
1
as in casualties
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 chances
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 accidents Small accidents, although no fault of your own, may cause this. — Judith Martin, Sun Sentinel, 30 June 2026 The countries that win this decade in Washington will be the ones that stop waiting for accidents and start building the capacity on purpose. — Frank Ahrens, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026 Carelessness and accidents happen, however, so take some time with each season to go through items and toss anything that’s faded, shattered, or stopped working. — Mary Cornetta, Better Homes & Gardens, 26 June 2026 The idea is to allow for accidents, miscommunications or misunderstandings that the participants agree should not scuttle talks. — ABC News, 1 July 2026 Advertisement Mistakes will no longer be regarded as accidents, but key components of an AI-era aesthetic, one where failure is a marker of talent and success the sign of a lack thereof. — Tim Brinkhof, Time, 26 June 2026 Every wedding, every cherry blossom season in Japan, every birth, reactor accidents too, swarms of insects, kittens playing with woolen balls, people disfigured by war, palm trees at sunset—five billion photos a day. — Dan Piepenbring, Harpers Magazine, 30 June 2026 Coral Springs officials report that there have been 81 accidents involving electric mobility devices since September. — Cbs Miami Team, CBS News, 26 June 2026 Some evidence points to distinct phenomena, such as the COVID pandemic and rising death rates from drug overdoses, suicides, homicides, traffic accidents and cardiovascular disease. — Scott Lafee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for accidents
  1. casualties
  2. chances
  3. disasters
  4. luck
  5. circumstances
  6. hazards
Noun
  • The war is now concentrated in the Kordofan, Darfur and Blue Nile states, with drone warfare causing 60% of casualties, according to UNICEF.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 7 July 2026
  • When fighting resumed, the ongoing number of civilian casualties and wide destruction in the Gaza Strip remained high.
    — Britannica Editors, Encyclopedia Britannica, 7 July 2026
Definition of casualties
Noun
  • Skies will become partly sunny, and rain chances will drop considerably.
    — Baltimore Sun staff, Baltimore Sun, 6 July 2026
  • The second half started much like the first half, as both teams created occasional chances, with most of the action coming from the Spanish.
    — Kyle Feldscher, CNN Money, 6 July 2026
Definition of chances
Noun
  • Cheap financial capital has flooded into the industry, lowering the cost of protecting against disasters, but Bäte thinks the trend cannot continue forever.
    — Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson, semafor.com, 3 July 2026
  • City leaders recognize the difficulty for families and communities dealing with vacant disasters.
    — Bryant Reed, CBS News, 2 July 2026
Definition of disasters
Noun
  • The group of death in the 2002 World Cup qualifiers wasn’t enough, because in Egypt’s next attempt to reach the finals in 2006, their luck put them in a group with Didier Drogba’s Ivory Coast and Samuel Eto’o’s Cameroon.
    — Ahmed Walid, New York Times, 4 July 2026
  • In retrospect, the result looks less like luck than like a compounding advantage.
    — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 3 July 2026
Definition of luck
Noun
  • This can cause loss of control in extreme circumstances, especially when the road conditions aren’t prime.
    — Keith Laing, USA Today, 8 July 2026
  • Hours after the shooting, Salgado Araujo’s son, Ronaldo Salgado, shared a message on Facebook remembering his father and disputing the circumstances surrounding his death.
    — Angelique Brenes, PEOPLE, 8 July 2026
Definition of circumstances
Noun
  • Check with lifeguards before entering the ocean for possible hazards you may be swept into.
    — NC Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 7 July 2026
  • Mixtures are the rule, not the exception Decades of research on the health effects of individual chemicals have helped scientists identify hazards, estimate safe exposure levels and develop regulations.
    — Brad Reisfeld, The Conversation, 6 July 2026
Definition of hazards

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