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This isn’t as awful as what happens in authoritarian countries such as Russia, where the government’s critics have a habit of accidentally falling out of windows.
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Steven Greenhut, Oc Register, 25 May 2025
But after their limo driver (Ken Marino) accidentally runs them off the road, the soon-to-be graduates have an emotional heart-to-heart and decide to skip the dance entirely.
—Diana Pearl, People.com, 24 May 2025
Over the last three years, Sheila has passed out, fallen and smashed her face and accidentally burned down her house.
—Jeanne Phillips, Mercury News, 23 May 2025
The bees are believed to be Africanized, a cross between local honey bees and African honey bees that first appeared in 1956, when a beekeeper in Brazil accidentally released 26 Tanzanian queen bees and their swarms into the wild.
—Elizabeth Weise, USA Today, 16 May 2025
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Steven Greenhut, Oc Register, 25 May 2025
But after their limo driver (Ken Marino) accidentally runs them off the road, the soon-to-be graduates have an emotional heart-to-heart and decide to skip the dance entirely.
—Diana Pearl, People.com, 24 May 2025
Over the last three years, Sheila has passed out, fallen and smashed her face and accidentally burned down her house.
—Jeanne Phillips, Mercury News, 23 May 2025
The bees are believed to be Africanized, a cross between local honey bees and African honey bees that first appeared in 1956, when a beekeeper in Brazil accidentally released 26 Tanzanian queen bees and their swarms into the wild.
—Elizabeth Weise, USA Today, 16 May 2025
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“Accidentally.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/accidentally. Accessed 5 Jun. 2025.
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