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Blankety-blank: A lot of the politicians, they get emotional, as does the public, about the most recent accident,
Think Progress » Don Blankenship in 2009: It’s ‘very difficult’ to obey ‘nonsensical’ safety rules. 2010
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In one of my commentaries on NPR, I recently spoke of a phenomenon I called Celebrity Slowing - not unlike "spectator slowing" that occurs following a traffic accident,
Annabelle Gurwitch: Vote Democratic and You'll Get Rich! 2008
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She was about to hastily press forward and support her, when, by a strange accident,
Hung Lou Meng 2003
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For all of these are called one by virtue of an accident,
Metaphysics Aristotle 2002
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With his right leg in a cast after a Dec. 3 automobile accident,
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The Department of Minerals and Energy invites the media to attend the inquest inquiry meeting in the Deelkraal mining accident,
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Now, in bed, recovering again from another terrible accident,
Climbing the Mountain Kirk, Douglas 1997
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A 19-year-old girl learns her boyfriend has been killed in an auto accident,
Chapter 11 1983
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You don't want a love that's pure You wanna drown love You want a watered-down love Love that's pure ain't no accident,
WATERED-DOWN LOVE Dylan, Bob, 1941- 1981
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You might have fallen into their hands quite by accident,
Hard to be a god Strugatski, Arkadi & Strugatski, Boris 1973
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