| 单词 | accident |
| 例句 | “Manipulation of the right magic in the right way could alter the trajectory of fate magic ever so slightly, and cause far-reaching changes. Only fools can interact with fate magic directly, and only by accident.” Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z Of course the tigers sometimes caught them, or a snake bit them, but on the other hand they didn’t have to deal with automobile accidents and industrial pollution. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z But then, historical accident comes into their story. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z And there is life on earth because of an accident. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z In March of 1982,1 was told by the prison authorities that my wife had been in a car accident, and that she was in hospital. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z He claimed it was an accident, but I had peeked at his preparations in the barn. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z I gave up trying to explain that it was an accident. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z That’s what those state troopers did, put together accident scenes based on the physical evidence. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z I did my best to explain the accident. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z One ridiculous accident which happened about this time is worth mentioning, not because it had any consequences or antecedents, but because it was somehow the sort of thing which happened to Lancelot. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Teen basketball star killed in fiery crash Nov. 8—Robert Washington, age 17, captain of the Hazelwood High School basketball team, was killed last night in a fiery automobile accident on 1-75. Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The Philippines, with over seven thousand islands but only five hundred lighthouses, was known for its frequency of maritime accidents. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z Falling Women showed the women, three of them, falling as if by accident off a bridge, their skirts opened into bells by the wind, their hair streaming upward. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Maybe if it’s by accident, it would feel better? Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z But would she allow her accident to cause the death of yet another gosling? The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z A man who loses his arms in an accident has a great struggle to adjust himself to the lack, but one born without arms suffers only from people who find him strange. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z But it don’t matter, t’ my mind, whether it were an accident or it weren’t. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z He knew then that this was no accident. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z Smith’s pencil sped almost indecipherably as he hurried toward more recent history: the motorcycle accident that had crippled him, the burglary in Phillipsburg, Kansas, that had led to his first prison sentence: ... In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z It might have been delayed reaction from the accident, or present shock from finding an entirely different building in place of the Jordan College she knew as home. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Will it matter to them, the way I can’t hold on to even basic facts surrounding my accident? We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z That was just three weeks before the accident. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z His ribs were fractured in a haying accident and they never called a doctor. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z And, well, ah, yes, he'd heard—or rather—he knew that there had been an accident involving the parents of one of the children he was helping. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z And then Agent Olsen asked: “You said good morning and his response was . . . ?” “I just got in an accident and I’m freaking out and I think the other two guys are dead.” A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z Just a few months before the accident my dad had finally bought this $350 Hitachi bread machine he’d seen in a catalog and had been wanting and that my mom thought was unnecessary and ridiculous. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z “I promise you. What happened today was just an accident. It wasn’t anyone’s fault. It was a fluke. Okay?” Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z She thought: He looks pretty good’, given what they told me about the accident. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z Soon after the accident, a bacterial infection caused his leg to swell up like a balloon from his knee to his ankle. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z After his accident, everything ’round our cabin or out in the fields pointed back to him. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z “I didn’t mean to. It was an accident. I fed it apple seeds.” As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z “That accident has changed my life forever,” he said, now really fighting to hold it together. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z “New laws for each new form, of course. New lines of potential. Complexity beyond complexity, accident on accident, until—” His leer was like icy wind. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z I have headaches sometimes, and I can’t sleep some nights, but I feel a whole lot better than I did right after the accident. Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z But more recently a lucky accident uncovered the fact that Friedmann’s assumption is in fact a remarkably accurate description of our universe. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z When I turn out the lights, Pop says, “What did Erin tell you about the accident—anything that Coach left out?” Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z What if it was no accident that Eden got the plague? Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z It has always felt adopted to him, an accident of circumstance, a celebration not really meant to be. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z No, no, if that visible Deity shine upon Man, it’s by accident, as the King’s Flamboy by accident lightens a Porter that walks along the Street… The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z I saw it by accident, at a film festival. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z It was quite by accident that I found the four-plate door. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z The thing about flying on a pegasus during the daytime is that if you’re not careful, you can cause a serious traffic accident on the Long Island Expressway. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z He knows the cost of a human life lost in an airplane crash, a car accident, a mining disaster. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z My mother said that after the accident, Poppy was in continuous pain. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z Fate just didn’t intend Gay to go on that frog hunt and Fate took a hell of a lot of trouble and people and accidents to keep him from it. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z So I feel that’s what happened to Eric—they wanted to scare him so that the next time he would get that candy for them, and they just dropped him by accident. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z My dad had regularly received strange calls from work at all hours of the night, but that had stopped after the accident. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z And there is always a kindly doctor plus the patient’s loved ones there to say, “You’ve been in an accident.” Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z But Samuel thought and mourned in the thought that the accident was pain and despair. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z “About a month ago, a great white shark swam into his net by accident. An eighteen-footer.” The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z She never knew how she got the car started, how she held it in the road, how she got home without a serious accident. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z She had tipped her seltzer into the hot tub by accident. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z “I guess it was just an accident,” he said lamely. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z “Is he okay? Did you find out how bad his track accident was?” Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z Most of his lodge-mates had lost their parents to illness or accident, though one, Tarik, had been abandoned as an infant by an irresponsible couple who had no interest in raising a child. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z I sprint past bag ten and stumble past bag eleven by accident. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z “She set a new league record in the 400-meter race just hours before the accident. She had the discipline, the determination. She had incredible potential.” The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z I start to cry, but quietly, in the way I’ve learned to cry since the accident. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z The accident she never thought about and which she didn’t include in her list of transgressions. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z “I had an—” Don’t discuss the accident. “—an illness. I’ll be better soon.” The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z Then—I kept watching carefully—she pulled herself together, smiled and said: “It’s just as well the fences at Hailsham aren’t electrified. You get terrible accidents sometimes.” Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z It was an accident, meaning the kind of rare and catastrophic event that, but for the grace of God, could happen to any airline. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z After all, it sounded like it was just an accident. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z I dropped a bit of blue paint on the bottom by accident, so I smeared it and made a river. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z “This came from the Johnson Memorial Hospital in Eagle Point...Your wife. She died in the early hours of this morning. It was an automobile accident. I’m sorry.” American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z Deny accidents and wrest fault from the stars. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z One died of car accident, one from rheumatic heart, one was poisoned. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z If, therefore, by accident I propose something which is not contemptible, you have every right to claim it for yourself. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z “I don’t understand. How do you say something by accident?” Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z “It was an accident, as you are aware.” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z The nurse has heard about the car accident, that Mom and Dad were in the hospital. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z When by accident she came upon him in the bathroom, sitting on the toilet and crying softly to himself, she knew he was a sick man. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Ifemelu was a little suspicious of the film: How could a car driving so slowly have caused that amount of damage in an accident, leaving the driver’s neck broken? Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z She claimed that the snowball incident was an accident—not anyone’s fault. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z “She kept saying she hoped you weren’t in a car accident.” Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z When seasoned by the subtleties of accident, harmony, favor, wisdom, and inevitability, luck takes on the cast of serendipity. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z “It was a terrible accident,” the policeman was saying to Mom. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z “It was an accident! We don’t send people to Azkaban just for blowing up their aunts!” Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z A bunch of them jump on me and I keep going, running around in circles like an accident of nature until finally there are so many of them on me, I can't stand up anymore. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z They had said, the girls will follow, there will be an accident. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z To Lewis Powell, the former Confederate spy who watched Lincoln’s speech with Booth, will go the task of killing Secretary Seward, who, at age sixty-three, is currently bedridden after a near- fatal carriage accident. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z Several days after the accident, Angel sat in a corner of her bedroom, stroking her cat and staring silently into space. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Precious stones hardly ever popped up around her by accident anymore, and pulling gold from the ground was easy. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z “Yes, Frith. That’s what we all feel. But accidents will happen. And how it happened I don’t suppose any of us will ever know.” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z “A giant metal ball doesn’t plow through a building by accident.” Ungifted 2012-08-21T00:00:00Z I’m sure it’s not an accident she kept that quiet. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z Like missing her dad, who died in a car accident two years ago. I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980 2016-08-01T00:00:00Z That’s why I can tell you about the night-swimming accident, the rocks, the hypothermia, respiratory difficulty, and the unconfirmed traumatic brain injury. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z I told the sergeant that it was not proper to take the measurements at night when the accident had occurred in the daylight. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I said to myself: You didn’t have a bad feeling before the accident, and then she wasn’t fine. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z “I want to help you, but you have to help yourself too. Today, you hurt yourself ...” “It was an accident,” I shouted, and jumped to my feet. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z The investigators quickly covered a bunch of other ground: Who else Briana had talked to about the accident; how many texts she had sent that day; a bit about the process going forward. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z And so it does and so it will until some other accident cancels it. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z I wondered about the people who had been inside, how they had felt just before the accident, before the smashing glass and crunched metal and leaping flames. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z “What alarms me is the number of accidents that Joey is responsible for.” Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z “It means the crime is deemed an accident,” Rafi’s smooth, lilting voice says behind me. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z “Percy,” Hazel said, “you swore on your life. Romans take that seriously. If anything goes wrong, even by accident, Octavian is going to kill you. You know that, right?” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z The crew worked for Zero Fatalities, a public safety organization aimed at curbing automobile accidents and car-related injuries and deaths. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z It was the first time she’d cried since the army guy came to our house that day and said our pop was involved in a freak training accident and wasn’t able to make it through. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z And I know he’s thinking it’s because of the accident. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z That morning in late November, Rindlisbacher arrived with a common request: court approval to further investigate the Shaw accident. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z It was caused by an accident that had happened at his factory job. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z I feel bad about blowing off Wes, but he hasn’t exactly been friendly since Erin’s accident. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z "Summon her personal guard. Tell him there's been a small accident. That poor Camille must be taken to the Palace Infirmary at once. Alert the royal doctor." The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z “Let me start by saying that your mother was a fantastic discovery. We located her almost by accident inside the damaged world, and her genes were nearly perfect.” Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z I remember waking up at around four and fearing that they’d both been in an accident. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z “I thought it was an accident,” Celia says softly, looking down at the patterned tile on the table. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z I just hated Western toilets and never used them till I had accidents. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z Several times during the missile crisis, accidents or misunderstandings threatened to trigger a sudden nuclear incident. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z “Killed? Dad’s car wreck wasn’t an accident? And Mom never told me?” The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z “Just don’t try to be a genius and maybe you’ll end up being one by accident,” I said. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z On my way home I decided not to say anything to my mother and father about Little Ann’s accident. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Though he had killed by accident, not once did he feel the need to tell himself that it had been an accident. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z To me, the accident was just that Ali Shekari was extra excited keeping the ball from me and kicked it just a little too hard. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z Branwell’s mother was killed in an auto accident when he was nine months old. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “We met them by accident in the woods,” Kendra assured her. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z From under the floor mat he pulled out a copy of the left-wing weekly The Guardian, which I had hidden immediately after the accident. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The women pilots soon learned to keep this information to themselves, and their accident rate was less than that of their male counterparts. Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z They would pretend it was an accident, but it was not. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z It was an accident, he was never the same after, and you must remember that people dropped on their heads can be a bit peculiar. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z Ishmael gave himself to the writing of it, and as he did so he understood this, too: that accident ruled every corner of the universe except the chambers of the human heart. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z The emotions crash inside me like a carriage accident happening over and over again. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z But judging by the political rhetoric and the legal rules employed in the War on Drugs, this result is no freak accident. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z “But all this week, even after the accident, you never said a word!” The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z Singleton asked: “Do you think it’s possible maybe the accident occurred when he was reading your text?” A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z My citizenship is an accident of birth, my mother delivering me on this end of a long plane ride from Seoul. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z We described the accident to one another over and over. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z “No. That wouldn’t be an accident. That’s how the world works every day. We got to the front of the line. Your mother was mumbling. The guard had a mullah’s beard.” Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z I had told him about my father’s sickness, and he had told me about the accident. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z Celia came over the morning after—everything to me now was either before or after, the way that previously my life had been divided by the accident—and sobbed into my shoulder. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z He tried playing baseball, but the only thing he hit with a bat was the head of the coach’s son, by accident. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z The weird thing I keep thinking about, what if something happens when I get older and I turn out to be another accident of nature? Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z He started by telling her about the morning of the accident, how his mom had gotten him out of bed because he’d slept through his alarm. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z He inquired about Grammer’s car accident and was told by people who knew him that they believed his Cadillac’s steering wheel and brakes had been tampered with. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z On the couch, she tried to calmly explain that Daddy had had an accident and had gone to heaven. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z “A happy accident. I take inspiration where I find it.” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z That was the summer of her automobile accident. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z “Yeah, it’s normal. Since the accident anyway,” I added. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z As insurance against such accidents, the Soviet clerks then wrapped their messages in an additional layer of secrecy, using what were known as "one-time pads." Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z He came to the door of the little hospital by accident. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z “But it will. Not through trickery. Not by accident. Only if you want it.” Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z He had twice narrowly escaped dying in riding accidents that had landed him in the hospital for months on end, wiped him out financially, and caused near crippling injury. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Then he spoke simply and easily of his accident, his hunt for work, his despair— and arrest. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Not “I’m pregnant” or “my water broke” or “there was an accident.” Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z Mozart was devastated when his childhood friend was killed in a boating accident just eight years later, the same year as the death of Mozart’s mother. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z “Then why do you think we’re having this big assembly? Just to hear about some random accident a thousand miles from here?” Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z I still have a lightheaded aversion to saying the word accident. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z So I know it was before the accident with Robert that landed me in the hospital with fifty stitches. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z She died three weeks following the accident when her family removed life support. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z Brent Wilhite, a program manager with the group, says it relies on people like Reggie who have been involved in accidents to put a human face on issues. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z “But then,” she continued with a sad smile, “there was that distressing accident. We were brewing some herbs one morning, a rather special potion.” The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z “Quite right,” Mr. Gonzalez said anxiously, his dapper person quivering at the prospect of an on-the-job accident. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Since the accident, I’d been mad at everyone, hated everyone, hated Dante, hated Mom and Dad, hated myself. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z “We just don’t want any more accidents,” she said, and pointed toward the bus in front of the house. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z “I heard it was an accident,” I suggested, looking daggers at Nussbaum. Ungifted 2012-08-21T00:00:00Z At this moment in the overall narrative of the accident, Terryl gives voice to a new kind of emotion: Indignation. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z He had died in a skiing accident just the night before. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z And since the accident, those traits that I loved had given way to something darker—seriousness had become gravity, sensitivity had transformed into melancholy. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z “Just an accident, Mrs. Gordon. He was frightened the first time. But don’t blame him or punish him. I wouldn’t want him to connect punishment with coming here.” Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z “Sorry for the delay. I had a little accident this morning, but now we don’t have much time, so please, tell me how this all came to pass.” The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z You get maybe one cop for a car accident. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z The excitement of the hunt was so strong in me, even the sight of the ax brought back only a fleeting remembrance of Rubin’s accident. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z She often had episodes like this since the accident. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z He asked Reggie the basic questions about what happened the morning of the accident. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z “You don’t have a thing to feel bad about. It was an accident, and my fault.” Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z “That can hardly be considered murder. It was an accident. If anything, it was your uncle’s fault.” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z This time, Kaylene had the police report, including the pictures from the accident scene. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z Brother Ugo had said the blade was found on his father’s person after the accident. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z “We came across the two boys right after the accident happened, and I thought we should stay with your son until you came for him.” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z One accident he did have in the third year of his aloneness. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z “You’re not the first person in the world to have to deal with a disabling accident!” The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z He thought they were the result of his automobile accident. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z Or else a victim of a traffic accident, flung onto the snow. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z The preliminary report could find no cause for this seemingly inex-plicable accident. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z Some accident of eye shape and eye color, it is. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z “Ms. Miller? Do you know? Or did you happen upon that key by accident?” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z They are depressed because Toronto isn’t the United States without a war on, as they thought it would be, but some limbo they have strayed into by accident and can’t get out of. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z But Nass’s life was changed by a fatal accident that took place in Utah, when his brother, traveling across country, was killed by a drunk driver. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z When I find myself at the Fabyan Forest Preserve, it feels almost like an accident. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z She told him I was a lamb of God and it was a pure accident, so he didn’t whip me. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Like other designed objects, it comes about not by accident but by drafting a blueprint, attending to details, and maintaining a sense of harmony and balance. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z But the inside of a square is forever mysterious, unless some terrible accident or autopsy breaches the sides and exposes the interior parts. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z In the last eleven months of volunteering at the chevra kadisha, I had washed old men who perished on the streets, workers killed in factory accidents, and children taken by illness. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z It’s been six days since Marlena’s accident, and she has yet to reappear. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z “I’ve still got this story to write. So will you give me a few answers about this accident?” Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z Mother had gone back to buying insurance after the second car accident, and Dad said I should pay my share. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z In Chicago the editors of The Inland Architect tried to be reassuring: “Existing conditions are only an accident. Capital is only hidden. Enterprise is only frightened, not beaten.” The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z If the discovery of America was a happy accident, it gave rise to another even more remarkable accident—the discovery of discovery. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z She took the rowboat—a little skiff her mother had bought with a few gold nuggets from a fisherman, who had a tragic accident with his nets the next day. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z “I hate the boy who caused the accident. He killed himself. He killed his friends. That poor lady is paralyzed for life! And look at me!” Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z “Yes, I heard about the accident,” the woman said, as everyone said how do you do. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z Van had a final question: “Was there anyone else in the accident from around here?” A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z Then, almost by accident, just for a second, she glimpsed it. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “The lesions aren’t an accident, Tally. They’re part of the operation, just like all the bone sculpting and skin scraping. It’s part of the way being pretty changes you.” Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z When someone died in an accident, his organs were used to save the lives of sick people. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Before the accident, we had been the happiest people I knew. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z The Mexican police called her death an accident. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z I see now what I saw then, flashing by with the swift, deceptive ease of an accident: shower of gravel, windmilling arms, a hand that claws at a branch and misses. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z It was true the bed was wet, but I knew I hadn’t had an accident. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Its fearful power is illustrated in a fatal accident recently reported by the California Department of Health. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Buckland ended up by losing his mind and finished his days a gibbering wreck in a lunatic asylum in Clapham, not far from where Mantell had suffered his crippling accident. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z On the day after the accident, two detectives had gone out to inspect the scene. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z The other major site of cave paintings in Lascaux, France, was also discovered by accident. The Annotated Mona Lisa 1992-06-01T00:00:00Z Which was exactly what he said when Didi told her boys that their father had died in a trucking accident on I-80 in Ohio. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z “Well, now, that’d be a lie. Because it wasn’t no accident.” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z And if you don’t have some feeling for probabilities, automobile accidents might seem a relatively minor problem of local travel, whereas being killed by terrorists might seem to be a major risk when going overseas. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z She’d only gotten her stripe a few weeks ago, and the “act of valor” that earned it for her had been mostly an accident. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z “Look, I’m sorry your friend got hurt,” the man shouted, shaking his head, “but it was an accident. What’s the problem here?” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z The accident with the baseball has bound him to you, and he has already sensed in you someone he can talk to without fear. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z The “dynamics of the vehicles involved in the accident strongly indicate that the vehicles had much higher levels of traction than would be available in a hydroplaning situation.” A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z He hoped that when the Olympic at last reached the site of the accident, he would find Millet and hear him tell some outrageous story about the voyage. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z “That’s amusing—but no. He was no accident. I’m certain these ‘enhanced’ hollows were an integral part of the assault on our loops.” Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z That idea of genius loci—the spirit of a place—comes as a happy accident. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z I asked him to tell me about the bus accident. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z My father had been killed in the mine accident three months earlier in the bitterest January anyone could remember. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z A year before the accident, when Mother had first heard of muscle testing and energy work, she’d dismissed both as wishful thinking. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z She said the police officer who came in with the ambulance told her that the car involved in the accident was a red Chevette. Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z A drunk driver and a person on a phone were equally likely to crash, whereas “we’re seeing the risk factor for accidents when someone is texting exceeds the level when people are legally drunk.” A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z Ever since the trolley accident, when his father’s leg was injured, Kermit was very protective of him. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z She put Mother away before an accident could happen, rinsed her dress-cloth over the side, and spread it out to dry. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z On the day of the accident, Van couldn’t get the idea out of his mind that something bad had happened to Reggie. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z “What do we do if there’s another accident?” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z “Stand still or I’m going to have an accident with these pins.” When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z “The baby happened to be there. It was an accident. They shouldn’t have hurt you, too.” Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z “You know how I used to play football? There was this kid named Vinny Dawson. A friend of mine. There was an accident. It was my fault.” Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z Who knows when another ‘accident’ involving millions of men will happen, an ‘accident’ that will be the dreadful day of our doom? Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z Since the accident, I had trouble swallowing, and the more I thought about it, the worse it was. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z TeLinde, one of the top cervical cancer experts in the country, was a dapper and serious fifty-six-year-old surgeon who walked with an extreme limp from an ice-skating accident more than a decade earlier. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z The fact that I grew up in a world run by women was no accident. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z Lustig said, “But suppose, by accident, in space, in time, we got lost in the dimensions and landed on an Earth that is thirty or forty years ago.” The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z “They both died in an aeronautical accident in the North.” The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z I will have to go up before the Accident Committee, but that will just be about the actual accident—as if I were one of the Moon Squadron itself, pranging my own plane. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z "I don't know how else to say it, Patty. They...they were in a car accident." Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z Since the accident, I feel next to nothing about everything, so it is possible that this surveillance will be beneficial to me from a psychological standpoint. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z Not a day goes by that I don’t think about that accident and say to myself: ‘I wish I could go back and change what happened.’ A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z What we share, Jon and I, may be a lot like a traffic accident, but we do share it. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Then the engineers set up an experiment re-creating the circumstances of the accident, flying a test plane into the trailing wake of a larger plane. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z I make a separate page for the accident itself. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z “Yes, sir. Tell Mr. Butler I’m sorry ’bout his accident.” Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z He has not surfaced for nearly thirty-six hours since the accident. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z I created this by accident a few years ago, during a winter blackout. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z Had he ever caught up with his schooling after the accident with the bacon grease? The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z A meeting took place in the highway patrol office in Cache County, the same second-floor office where Rindlisbacher had come immediately after the accident. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z Ifemelu was not crippled or blinded from an accident, not suddenly suffering amnesia. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z “And how did you know this tea cured the tiger’s poison ? ” “We found that out by accident,” Amah said. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z “I know what it’s like to be a young kid who gets into an accident,” he says. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z I mean, like, what if the accident had messed up his head? Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “You were in an automobile accident,” the doctor said. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z "And if you had struck me, even by accident, you could spend twelve years in the dungeons. Did you know that?" The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z My father had thought to teach me this after he had been in a sailing accident and stranded on a life raft for two days. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z Holding my hand to keep his balance, as trees and bushes made strange, sliding movements in his peripheral vision, Lefty was confronting the possibility that consciousness was a biological accident. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z But as disturbed as I was by these casualties, I knew that such accidents were the inevitable consequence of the decision to embark on a military struggle. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “Why are we assuming that there was anything done wrong here? Wasn’t this just an accident?” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Injury rates were, by all accounts, far higher in the 1920s and 1930s; between 1935 and 1939 alone, nineteen riders were killed in racing accidents. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z So if it ever happened again—and he was quite certain it wouldn’t; he had been very careful near heavy doors since the accident!—he could still receive medication. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z “Look, this is something I want you to see. Quite by accident I discovered this writing beneath where Martin’s picture once hung.” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z They had actually taken the heart out of one guy who had been in an accident and put it in another guy, a dentist. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z "People get declared dead by accident all the time," I replied, helping myself to the last of the baklava. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z By an accident of geography, the colonists who landed at Sydney in 1788 inherited those elements. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z He'd left half of a roll of breath mints inside, but I think it was an accident, not a gift. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z My brother would never have done this by accident. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z "That's not falling. Falling is an accident. Fainting is a medical thing." Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z “I lost my hands in the accident. These are created. Like prosthetics.” The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z The first European boat reached Brazil in 1500—it was an accident. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z “Not on purpose, anyway. And the whole thing with David was just an accident I didn’t mean to hurt you.” Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z It was a common accident in the Fiction Department. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z For instance, right before I had my motorcycle accident I saw the whole thing happen: saw it in my mind-—the rain, the skid tracks, me lying there bleeding and my legs broken. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z He kept replaying the accident, thinking about the two dead men and their families, worrying what might happen next. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z The Dodge County sheriff compared the shooting to a hunting accident. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z In 2003, researchers at Harvard University did a risk analysis and projected that motorists distracted by their cell phones caused 2,300 deaths each year and 330,0 injury accidents. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z People always got things wrong, on purpose as much as by accident. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z But I hate the boy who caused the accident. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z We know they will die if we put them into bottles and leave them by accident in the sun in the back window of the car, as we have done before. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z And Tony will be filling out accident reports while I’m breaking with Ebola. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The supervising guard did not halt work after the accident. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z Felix hadn't seen Mark in four or five years, and the last time had been by accident. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z I stretched out my arm, the one that had been broken in the accident. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z This combination must have been the result of a happy accident in the distant past. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z Raids by the SIM, like the one we had; arrests; accidents. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z My left leg feels fine, like it used to before the accident. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z “Accident? You want to talk about accidents? Who was the one who wrecked the Volkswagen? Who wrapped it around a tree?” The Fourteenth Goldfish 2014-08-26T00:00:00Z Charlie knew that George's first wife and child had been killed in a car accident and that was why Charlie's mom said he drank so much. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z It collected hundreds of millions of dollars from some of the world’s largest insurance companies on falsified claims for industrial accidents and natural disasters inside North Korea. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z It was important to remember this information so she wouldn’t marry a relative by accident. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z He’ll fling pockmarked Jell-O at you and then call it an accident. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z It was perhaps the first time Constance had ever used that word, and though she’d quite possibly said it by accident, no one wished to spoil the moment. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z He complained the soup was not hot enough and then spilled the bowl as if it were an accident. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z “If you read car accident reports, it’s very common for crash reports to read: ‘I was driving. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z In the second year after the accident, the family began to recover. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z It would be hard to hit by accident, and few enemies would aim for it on purpose. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z And then horribly, unexpectedly, his mom’s parents died, he said, in this really tragic car accident, both of them at the same time, and his mom kind of lost her mind. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z A God of perfection and love would never have allowed the accident. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z If the children reported meeting her, it would seem like an accident, she figured. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z If I shot Miss Volker through the head Mom will never believe it was an accident. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z The point is that when blacks socialized with whites in the 1950s in Chicago, it didn’t happen by accident; it happened because a certain kind of person made it happen. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I finally answered, “I had an accident. I had some kind of damage to my eyes when I was five years old.” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z “It’s just...a nickname for some very special ladies who had an...accident last night.” Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z Decades later, as I talked with Rogers in his Brooklyn apartment, we agreed, only half joking, that the spinning cab was probably no accident. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z It’s what I should have done, on the day of my accident. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z There are many cases in which one twin is killed in childhood, in a riding accident, say, or is struck by lightning, while the other lives to a prosperous old age. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z For hours and hours I sat there, until one of the detectives dropped those pictures on the desk right next to me, a convenient accident. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z The panic had been justified, for accidents were common and deadly. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z “Hokey the house-elf was convicted by the Ministry of poisoning her mistress’s evening cocoa by accident.” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z Those who harmed seagulls risked the wrath of ship ghosts, for gulls were inhabited by the spirits of men who had been lost at sea in accidents. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z It was one of those fiery accidents that left Slash without his right hand. I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z Would he really condemn some children to eternal suffering just for the accident of a heathen birth, and reward others for a privilege they did nothing to earn? The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z “You broke that by accident, did you not?” he asks, nodding at the watch sitting on the table. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z “Don’t say it anymore. I know you’re sorry. It was an accident.” Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z He wanted to talk about what happened before the accident. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z The Nazis claim that Comrade Hess met with an accident over the North Sea while piloting a fighter plane. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z The failure of the Khoisan and Pygmies to develop agriculture was due not to any inadequacy of theirs as farmers but merely to the accident that southern Africa’s wild plants were mostly unsuitable for domestication. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z “So before the accident were you two texting back and forth to each other?” A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z All the strands of this story—the accident, attention science, the law, and Reggie Shaw—came together on December 11, 2008. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z Toward the end of his senior year at Permian he had had an accident in the school parking lot when he drove his motorcycle while drunk and skidded. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z But it was another automobile that caused the accident. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z This is Elizabeth now, twisting a napkin, eyes wide like she’s staring at a car accident. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z "It was an accident," said Piggy suddenly, "that's what it was. An accident." Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z Sonny says he stopped by Malik’s house, and Aunt ’Chelle told him that Malik had some sort of freak accident that left him with a black eye. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z “Don’t joke about the accident. And don’t joke about—us.” Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z “But somebody who does that to another person? It isn’t an accident. It will happen again.” We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z ‘Accident, then. That accident has made your position dangerous.’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z I’m not sure now how the accident happened. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z He wiped away a tear and spoke of how his wife and daughters, since the accident, see him walk out the door each day and say: “Be safe, Daddy.” A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z At first it seemed as though the door had closed by accident. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z He knocked first with his feet, by accident, and then with his knuckles. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z I don't know if they were like this before the accident. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z I wasn’t planning on stopping, but I pull over when I see the church I came to a month after the big accident—my first weekend out with Aimee. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z —Does he seem like he’s bouncing back from that accident he was in a few months back? Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Traffic would be heavy on the bridge due to an accident, and because we were paid for travel time, we'd hope that the pileup involved at least one piece of heavy machinery. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z I don’t want to tell him how much the sound of the siren frightens me and brings back memories of the accident. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z “I remember a boy who lost his hand in a firecracker accident,” she said. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z I twisted uncomfortably and, by accident, put pressure on one of my wrists. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z He had become rather friendly to us, and I assumed that he had not left the newspaper there by accident. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Aging couldn’t be reversed, and there were accidents from which there was no return. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z Nevertheless, it was by accident that he got my arm behind me. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z Unless, of course, they knew it wasn’t an accident. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z He said, “If it could’ve been me who died in that accident, instead of them, take me.” A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z Maybe it was no accident that I was drawn to people who’d been raised on islands. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z “But it’s not that easy. If it weren’t for Mr. Terupt’s accident, I don’t think I would have ever been allowed to go over to your house.” Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z It’s the first time I’ve stood on both legs since the accident. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z Dad died in a car accident a month before I was born, so we never met. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z Up to this point, the story of the vacuum experiments is a story of accidents and near-misses. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z I might have believed the arrest if you hadn’t written about that “automobile accident.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Gradually, as most of the other girls in my grade began to undergo their own transformations, I began to worry less about possible accidents and more about being left behind, left out. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z On the other hand, it seems wrong to call the shooting a simple accident, since this wasn’t exactly exemplary police work. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z It was not all of ft a plot-like life: most of it was just story— one thing after the other—a chain of unnecessary accidents. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z I’d heard of people surviving car crashes that way, getting thrown thirty or forty feet away from an accident. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z “You’re old enough to know what could happen to you out there. Suppose instead of, ‘Ms. Byrd, your son has been picked up,’ your mother heard, ‘Ms. Byrd, there’s been an accident.’ Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z I nudged him, respectfully, as if by accident. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z You read the announcements of their death in the paper, where they’re referred to as “fatal accidents.” The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z Confined to his bed since a terrible carriage accident the week before, Seward drifted in and out of consciousness. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Almost by accident he glanced up the ridge, in time to see a third man not one hundred yards away, on foot and also carrying a rifle, rise into view. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Maybe she can't imagine needing a cop for anything other than a car accident. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Her husband, Frank Buck, a tin worker, had either bolted from home or died in an accident, leaving Emma to care for a young daughter, Carrie Buck. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z Tobias can take care of himself, but in an attack, surviving is an accident. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z All that week no one brought up my father, supposedly dead in a tractor accident, or my long-lost aunt Bernie in Virginia. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “You were just four months old, before we knew why you were always sick. A month before the accident.” Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z Yet this accident, this least important of all qualities, the skin pigment, marked them for inferior status. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Then I walked out of my own world by accident, and couldn’t find the way back. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z Of course, being the Mellower, he often did so by accident. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z It was no accident, but rather the result of long ages of experimentation by nature, that the great plains of the West became the land of the sage. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z He stretched out his arm, the one that had been broken in the accident. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z Instead of running upstairs and telling Mr. and Mrs. Little about the accident, Snowbell did a very curious thing. Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z “Coach,” Annabeth said, “it was an accident. We were talking, and we fell asleep.” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Now, as he pulled up to the curb, he could see that she'd been in some kind of accident, because she had a line of stitches between her eyes, which were both puffy and red. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z It’d be terrible timing to lose her job, with all the physical therapy she needs after her accident on top of her daughter’s mounting tuition. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z I guess they would have kept on fighting till they leveled the house to the ground if it hadn’t been for a freak accident. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z If it weren’t for his accident, Danielle might never have come over, just like she said. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z There in 1841–the fateful year in which Owen would achieve his greatest glory for naming and identifying the dinosaurs–Mantell was involved in a terrible accident. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z “How could an accident like this happen?” he wondered. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z As for the Butterflies, they were ambushed and murdered on a lonely mountain road, their car thrown over a cliff to make it all look like an accident. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z Maybe Willow should have gone right after the accident into foster care. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z “I know it was an accident, Mari. It’s just that you’re usually so responsible. You know”—Dolores flicked her eyes to the passenger’s seat—“I bet I understand more than you think,” she said. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z We get a lot of hunting accidents around here. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z They don’t even look down as they chop, and I’m surprised they don’t cut off their own fingers by accident. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z I like that very much: “If the accident will.” Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z “Since we come here, that is. We’re like you, we come here before we was dead, by some chance or accident. We got to wait till our death tells us it’s time.” The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z And because I had contributed to Mr. Terupt’s accident, I was going to pay for it the rest of my life. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z Especially not today on the anniversary of the accident. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z According to prosecutors, Jorgensen had been on the phone prior to the accident. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z He let what he judged to be ten minutes go by, tormented all the while by the fear that some accident—a sudden draught blowing across his desk, for instance—would betray him. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z “Now, Sticky”—S.Q. was the only Executive who ever called Sticky by his nickname, though only by accident—“that is, George, allow me to give you some advice. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z I try not to think of it as murder, although it was, but as some kind of accident, like an exploding train. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z “Hunting is a marvelous pastime. Communing with nature and all that! Although it can be dangerous. In my own family there have been some—unfortunate accidents.” The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z “But it canna have been accident I could jalouse it had they worn their helms, but they were bonnetless. He must have known them.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z This “automobile accident” is a new crutch to help you make excuses for your meaningless, impotent existence. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z A common accident was “clipping heels,” in which trailing horses tripped over leading horses’ hind hooves, usually sending the trailing horse and rider into a somersault. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z My uncle had lived through it all, the car accident, my father being taken away, him suddenly being not just my uncle but my mom and dad too. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z “I only found out by accident,” he said. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z I noticed he had a bit of a limp, although the accident had not, to my knowledge, hurt his legs. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z “The baseball thing was an accident,” I say. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z How it hadn’t been an accident at all, but something she’d done on purpose just to impress people who probably weren’t worth impressing anyway, but she couldn’t. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z Months before, he had fired Diane Hardy, Rob’s ex-wife, the same Rob who’d come to fetch us after the second accident. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z "It's not an accident—that's what I say. It's part and parcel of the whole business. It's all bound up together." And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z “They said that when the accident happened, you were texting.” A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z I hear him say something about some butterflies in a car accident. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z “You know,” he finally began, “every time we get a call, Brady, a car accident or a hunting incident—and somebody dies at the scene—it’s very distressing to us.” Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z George had suffered brain damage in a car accident that knocked him unconscious late one night in Houston, Texas. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z She said I was having a whole lot of fun then I smiled real big and, without no kind of warning atall, the accident happened. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z But, Mom, it was an accident, he says. The Crossover 2014-03-18T00:00:00Z I knew this for a fact, because that night when she received the phone call about Grandma Millie’s accident, I overheard her and Dad. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z Somebody must have switched the samples by accident. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “Either way, it was an accident,” Officer Rariden said, picking a bit of dirt out from under his nail. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z A man and his son are in a serious car accident. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z Adam said, “I won’t plant apples. That would be looking for accidents.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z And the document included a copy of obituaries for Keith and Jim published in the Herald Journal, Logan’s local newspaper, on September 25, three days after the accident. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z We should be blessed if we lived in the present always, and took advantage of every accident that befell us....” The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z He had his hand out, helping me up, apologizing loudly, saying it was an accident. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z The doctor wants to know, Was there any kind of accident? Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z I could tell it was no accident that I was being surrounded by the group of side- burners who appeared to have mischievous plans for me. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Even a year after the accident, I was still unable to discern the pattern. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z Besides, she still thought the accident had happened in the adjoining county, Box Elder. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z “Is that why you talk so much? Hoping to come on them by accident?” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z “There had been some kind of accident with his horses late that night,” she said as she lighted it, inhaling deep and shaking her head slowly. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z As it turned out, Eliza had a bizarre accident in which she sliced open her hand at the laboratory where she worked and had to have surgery to repair the extensive damage. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z The day after the accident, our class had a substitute. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z If I make it like an accident report— Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z She was wearing the same perfume he remembered from the summer when she and Dad had been killed in the train accident. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z “It was an accident. He was a big proud buck. My dad slapped me on the back. I remember feeling like I was choking.” Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z But they didn’t prove that Reggie had been texting at the exact moment of the accident. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z “Don’t be offended, but you seem to be one of those people who just attract accidents like a magnet. So . . . try not to fall into the ocean or get run over or anything, all right?” Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z Singleton again explained about the cell phone records, the eleven text messages that took place before or just during the accident. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z I opened my eyes wide and tried to look like it had been an accident, or a mistake, in case she wanted it to be. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z I saw on TV once, a guy had to get his whole leg cut off just because he never treated a wound he got from a bike accident. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z He said he would need to take measurements at the site of the accident for police records. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z These women were murdered in a pretend accident! Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z Mistakes and accidents were not excuses, and punishment was not avoidable. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z Had the Republic murdered relatives of my Drake classmates too, all those people who died in combat or in accidents or of illnesses? Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z I didn’t want to get shot on purpose, I knew I didn’t want to get shot by accident. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z They seem to have an occasional accident, but they have not yet, so far as I know, produced global pandemics. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z And so, Gordon, the intern, settled on negligent homicide, the toughest misdemeanor penalty, arguing that the two charges for reckless behavior are not “harsh enough to do justice to the outcome of the accident.” A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z As an afterthought, I buy three bottles of white liquor from a one-armed woman named Ripper, a victim of a mine accident who was smart enough to find a way to stay alive. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z They’re very concerned that the automobile accident in which you were involved may have affected you more than you are aware. Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “Don’t think about the accident so much. We have to look forward, not back. You understand?” Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z In fact, Simitian pointed out that the California Highway Patrol had been collecting data since 2001 and found that cell phone use was the number one cause each year in distractions leading to car accidents. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z Baba was the affectionate one in the family; Ma never hugged or kissed us much, even before the accident. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z It made me feel as though my encounter with Frankie’s crew hadn’t been some freak accident, but predestined. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z “Your appetite’s been touched like by your accident,” said the landlord, glancing at the bandaged arm under my coat. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z "Yeah. Car accident. Broke her arm and she's bruised up pretty bad. And she got a concussion. Crazy thing is my little sister was in the car with her, but, thankfully she came out okay." Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z I understand you were in the car involved in the accident last night. Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z He’d been thinking about the accident and about the scene where it happened. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z “But...maybe...somehow...someone by accident...someone might have heard me talking to Bradley....” Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z It noted that there was only “scattered rain” at the time of the accident. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z “Nothing is an accident,” Pauline would say, again and again. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z “I’m sorry. That was an accident. I didn’t mean to say it out loud. Please forget I did.” Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z “At the rate Mister Rufus has accidents,” I said, “he might live another six or seven years without me. I wouldn’t count on more than that.” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z “I wonder how many other Deckers are hanging out with strangers right now. A lot are probably dead by now. Car accident or fire or shot or fallen down a manhole or...” They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z So her firm intention looked like an accident and she didn’t have to give her opinion to folks along the way. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z She wrote another memo, this one five pages, detailing the facts on the morning of the accident. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z “Quite by accident. And the fox might have got him anyway, even if I’d not been there.” Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Up until this point, the most the quiet young man had said about the accident and his feelings was to the probation officer, Kaylene Yonk. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z There are thousands of car accidents every day. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z It’s been almost eight years since that accident happened. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z It was like being inside the most beautiful car accident in the world with all your best friends and a bunch of total strangers and knowing you couldn’t get hurt. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z On her high school graduation night, not long before the accident on Valley View Drive, her boyfriend got down on one knee at a campsite and proposed. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z ‘Once, by accident it was, wasn’t it, precious? Yes, by accident. But we won’t go back, no, no!’ The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z ‘It was quite unintentional, I assure you. A most unfortunate accident.’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z “Just assume that we are the holy ones,” said the King, “and go on about your accident.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s as though, spoken aloud, the word accident is a switch, and it’s making everything inside me go black. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z He told me that Molly had died in a car accident the previous week. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “It wasn’t your fault; it was an accident,” I said, trying to calm him down. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z Lina, I remember, looked like she was watching a car accident. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z To get me to say something by accident? Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z “Anyway, the officer’s gun went off—she says it was an accident—and your arm was hit.” Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z As I told the story of the accident, Esteban’s eyes filled and Ashton put his head down on his hands. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z I didn’t even look at it except by accident. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z He himself, facing a firing squad, would not understand too well the concatenation of the series of subtle but irrevocable accidents that brought him to that point. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z “He couldn’t make it today. He had an accident about a week ago.” As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z The tragic accident, known as the Carrollton bus disaster, was one of the worst in U.S. history. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z “Then tell me the thing or two you’ve learned by accident,” she insisted. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z “The Mango Lady” to Farmer was an illustration that accidents didn’t happen by accident. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z She let her mind connect dots between the accident and his failed mission. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z It was built in memoriam to those who have lost their lives in auto accidents, and as a place of healing. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z “You, she said. “I want you to go up to his office and tell your uncle that there has been an accident out in the street. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z My aunt Helen was in a terrible car accident. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z There would be an inquest in due course, but there were no signs that his death was anything other than an accident. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z This is an accident in progress, but I don’t know how to stop it. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z Does the history of technology depend on nothing more than accidents of the birthplaces of a few inventors? Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Careful not to pierce his claws by accident, he fitted it to his own tail. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z The movie of the accident played through my brain. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z I turned around as I said it, speaking too loudly by accident. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z “I don’t disagree that it was an accident,” Mrs. Jarzab replied. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z “I don’t see how she could have hit the cop by accident unless she was asleep.” Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z A fracture might indicate a war wound or an accident. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z She had always gone her own way, though she downplayed her choices, calling them accidents. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z How can they say that, when I’ve won a special mention for my essay on Temperance, about drunken men having car accidents and freezing to death in snowstorms because the alcohol dilates their capillaries? Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Were they hidden back there by accident or on purpose? Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z At the meet, and over meals, talk between the Warners and Furfaros was about the kids and gymnastics, not the accident. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z When she was eighteen, she got into a bus accident that broke her spine, crushed her right leg and foot, and made it impossible for her to have babies. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z Trotter is really the one who caused the accident, not you. Doing Time Online 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “Hey, Mom,” I said quietly before going to wash my face at the outside work sink, “please don’t tell Dad about the gun accident.” Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Your mind was never the same after the accident. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z To avoid misunderstanding, use another word to describe an un- lucky accident. fulsome. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Six thousand five hundred and sixty dollars for one fish that got caught by accident! The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z "But there was no automobile accident," Mr. Norton said kindly, "nor was the boy responsible. You may send him away, we won't need him now." Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z “I bet it was an accident,” I said. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z He is a worthy successor to his great friend and it is no accident that his great and intelligent leadership has made him our leading statesman. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z “I read that you were injured in an accident. They didn’t expect you to survive.” The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z For example, I was terrified of car accidents, death, cancer, brain tumors, nuclear war, pregnant women, loud noises, strict teachers, elevators, and scads of other things. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z “It was an accident,” I say, feeling like I’ve repeated this forever. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z It was just hours after the accident, and Maryjane was driving him home from the hospital. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z For the rest of my life, I knew that snow would trigger my memory of the accident. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z Privately, Harry felt she’d had good reason, because Neville managed to have an extraordinary number of accidents even with both feet on the ground. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z What is most interesting about this page is a subliminal impression created by an accident in its design. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z I prayed that we would not get in an accident, that we would get to Lewiston, Idaho, in time for my mother’s birthday, and that we would bring her home. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z In the ambulance at the quarry, the paramedic had said the choking feeling was probably my brain’s response to the accident. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z “And you are almost never right about anything,” he said, pointing at the Humbug, “and, when you are, it’s usually an accident.” The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z Judge Ford suggested that the accident be reported to the police immediately in order to collect on the insurance. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z His son, he said, had suffered head injuries in a car accident in July, 1950. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z Councilman Kwang tells the officers on the scene—who arrive at the accident immediately and then in swarms—that he wasn’t even traveling very fast, maybe thirty-five miles per hour. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z I felt the same way, and it seemed as if everybody were now coming up, like gawkers at the scene of an accident, to see what parts were actually missing. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z “Quite well. It’s incredible, really, how well-crafted some of the ornaments are, and they were clearly intended to be art; it wasn’t an accident at all….I mustn’t bore you.” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z She was in the staff room when she was told about Joe’s accident. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z She was eighty-five years old, and while she survived the initial accident, she died from her injuries a few months later. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z The next moment, not altogether by accident, he allowed himself to become separated from her by a small knot of people. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z The Avianca accident so perfectly illustrates the characteristics of the “modern” plane crash that it is studied in flight schools. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z "It wasn't a car accident," I say to confirm that the story I've always believed about my father's death is not true. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z She managed it at last, and with the cockpit canopy open she was thrown from the plane by accident. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z Everyone was worried about how the goblin overlord Ghohg would take it if this elfin visitor died by accident. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z “And she—Melissa—she died a long time ago. A car accident.” Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z “And I don’t know what you’re talking about. It was an accident.” Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z She had died in a car accident, the result of her driving while drunk. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z A year and a week since the accident, and things have gotten better. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z “It flew directly into the side of the building. That’s no accident.” Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z “Don’t act like this isn’t all part of your extra-long game of abusing your position to murder Woody Allen and make it look like an accident,” Alex says. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z His legs pained him, as they often did; they hurt as though his old accident had happened five minutes before. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z Tom and the rest in the group had wondered why Keith was late, and they’d heard separately that there had been an accident on Valley View Highway. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z And one of her legs is very slightly shorter than the other one because of an accident on a motorbike. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z “We just thought maybe you had an accident or something.” Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z I never gaze at accidents unless I can help, or attend street fights for kicks. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z “True, no side uses fire as a weapon, not even Cluny. It is the one thing that spells certain death to creatures on both sides. We must look on it as an accident, Father Abbot.” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z But even I could tell it hadn’t been an accident. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z “Hundreds and hundreds of footprints. Some guy driving a bulldozer discovered them by accident, and they built a whole museum around them.” The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z I think I’ve said too much, but instead of telling me to man up and walk it off, Embryo says, “I thought your father died in a hunting accident.” All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z —Well, if you really want to know, I wanted to die right after the accident. Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z And then in an interrogative tone that showed he could hardly believe it himself, my brother told me that there had been an accident and that Milton was dead. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Law agencies once had scoffed at our Nation as “black crackpots”; now they took special pains to safeguard against some “white crackpots” causing any “incidents” or “accidents.” The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z The day of that accident was also the day I began to worry about my father. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z I had apologized to them all for shunning them after the accident, and they had all acted as if nothing had ever happened. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z I think there was a little accident there the way your hip was pressed against that paper and you didn’t even know the paper was pulled down a bit. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z I would behave as if I had happened upon him by accident. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z I clearly hear four words: "There's been an accident." Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z Bucky hadn't deserved to go to trial for a meaningless accident. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z The boy who caused the accident doesn’t ask to be remembered. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z She seemed to hold no rancor against the babysitter, nor for her just God who allowed the accident. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z I think, Maybe she was in an accident. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z I’ve torn off January, February, March, and April—the month the accident happened. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z “Was that boy in an accident?” the child says, pointing at Jason. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z “Learn to control yourself, missy. I don’t have time to be changing your sheets all day. Next time you have an accident I’ll let you lie in it and you’ll see what’s good for you.” Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z People who taught me that no accident of birth—not being black or relatively poor, being from Baltimore or the Bronx or fatherless—would ever define or limit me. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z And I believe that what happened was a freak accident, an honest mistake. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z It is true, I have no memory of my accident. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z His voice trailed off to a low calm, “That is, except for one thing. Grandpa had a bad accident.” Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Every now and then Ted pops in to watch with me, pausing the video to underscore a particularly dramatic moment: “See how she’s working around the vase? That’s an accident waiting to happen. ” Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z The first time she rubbed against him he thought it was an accident and he pulled away, apologetic, leaving a space between them. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z This had led, in turn, to the accident of his being named Gogol, defining and distressing him for so many years. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z So easy to make it look like an accident down there. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z "I'm sorry to hear about your accident. Otis Amber told me about it. Just thought I'd drop in for a chat." The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z “I spent the day dealing with accident reports and insurance forms, rental cars, going back and forth to the hospital....” Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z I want to say I am sorry for hating the boys who caused the accident. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z So this is a freak accident to faint and then collapse in such a way as to get sliced between the eyes by the surprisingly dangerous trunk of the elephant coffee table. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z She and Warren were still not speaking when her mother called, very early in the morning, to tell her about the accident. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Someone in our truck was sure the accident had something to do with a curse. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z I am full of hate for the boy who caused the accident that has me trapped in my bed and I know that not a good thing. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z All the dolls have stitches on their chins, like the ones Decca got at the hospital after a playground accident. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z And assuming Leo’s doomsday candles didn’t go off by accident - Leo’s inventions sometimes did that - in which case the weather would get much hotter, with a ninety percent chance of fiery apocalypse. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z “Mami, tell me, did Uncle Bill end up getting us a lawyer so we could sue the families of the boys who caused the accident?” Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z Helene nodded and went back to her seat trying to think of other things—for the surest way to have an accident would be to remember her full bladder. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z “Cap, I’m sorry! It was an accident! Both times!” Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z He was giving a speech when the accident happened ’cause every time he made a point he’d give me a little shake way up there over top of his head. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z When we arrived at the front of the house, we knew the accident was death. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z But after the accident, under the gathering clouds of fate, something changed. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z Julius had long ago learned to feed Boots at appropriate times so that there would be no “accidents” in front of the princess. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z Since I’m always having accidents, it’s just as well! The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z The family had called it an accident, but we all knew the truth. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z It was not an accident or side effect. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z All of the pain of the past crowded in on him—Aunt Queen's death, Monique's accident, Jordan's abuses. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z The dispatcher asked how many cars were involved, and the location of the accident. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z He was tormented inexorably by morbid fantasies involving them, by dire, hideous omens of illness and accident. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z I clutched Maribel's forearm as if somehow that would protect her in the case of an accident. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z He might be killed in an accident, or he could die shortly of natural causes, but it would be foolish to count on such an eventuality. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z I remember this as the scar Luke got from working the Shear; however, it might have come from a roofing accident. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Then we turned up Church Street and rented this reality DVD, Life Against Death, which had a lot of cliffs, as well as fires, animal attacks, and skydiving accidents. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z Since his accident he had unconsciously taken to wearing his hat at a rakish angle. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z “Negra, don’t try to blame this on la Virginia. It was your dumb idea to hang a plant over the door. An accident waiting to happen. Any fool could have seen that.” The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z But even if he’d left his music in his locker by accident, he didn’t need to read my music; he could have looked on with Daniel or Luis. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z I know you said that the rule was that we couldn’t talk about the accident. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z She said: “Once my mother told me a story: There was a girl whose parents died in an accident, and every night the girl visited her parents’ grave and laid flowers upon it. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z “It was judged an accident,” she reminded Matt, though she had her doubts. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Hatsue turned and met his eyes, but he could not discern in this her feelings and it seemed to him wholly an accident; she meant nothing by it. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z While he’s thinking, I wait for the phone to ring with the news that there’s been an accident. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z “I had quite an accident last week, lucky to be alive, really. But the thing’s almost fixed. Which utensil did you say you were interested in?” A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z Not that anyone here knows that, except Tanisha, and she found out by accident when she came to my house to study once and saw a couple of drawings hanging in my room. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “It was a whole lot of accidents. I’m going to keep the ice plant. Cold does preserve things. Besides, the plant makes some money. Maybe I can figure something out.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z It’s the first time they’ve shown up for a meal since her accident. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z “Last time the Klan was active,” Mama noted, “was when Billy Odom had what they called the ‘accident.’” Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z “Let’s go somewhere and talk. I’ll give you the full story. The accident that killed my family and the stupid thing I did last night. No more secrets.” They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z When he had his accident with the stone chip, Mammachi organized and paid for his glass eye. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z It would have been a happy, peaceful holiday had it not been for the stories of disappearances, odd accidents, even of deaths now appearing almost daily in the Prophet. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z But they aren’t real ruins: They’re like a sculptural re-creation of ruins built eighty years ago, but the fake Ruins have been neglected pretty badly, so they have kind of become actual ruins by accident. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z The transformation is not entirely successful, however, and the end result is a great deal of liquefying flesh mixed with virus, a kind of biological accident. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z They invite me to breakfast, and I ask them about Violet before the accident since I’ve only known her after. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z And this Kino knew also—that the gods do not love men’s plans, and the gods do not love success un-less it comes by accident. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z An accident—say from a moose attack or the like—perhaps because there is more time to dwell upon it, does not lessen, but in some ways grows, fills out. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z “None of this was an accident. None of it.” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z “The world is all pointless accident,” I say. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z “It was not an accident,” he insisted, “and I had not been drinking!” Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Mostly I would just see them by accident and go into them on impulse. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z It was too much of a coincidence to be a mere accident. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z “Henry had a bad accident when he was a little boy,” he said. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z “What do you mean, it came from the accident?” Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z The response to a mine accident was something outside the control of even the Capitol. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z They looked dazed, as if some happy accident had robbed them of their wits; they moved slowly; their eyes were not focused on what they looked at. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z ‘What will Ferny sell, and what has my accident got to do with him?’ said Frodo, still determined not to understand Strider’s hints. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z By accident, her gaze slipped onto the king’s face, and she found his dark eyes staring into hers. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z "You were...You were brought here. There was...an accident at the...at the rail yard." City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z "I—it was an accident. I—I stuck him—" Mr. Armin supported Julian with one arm and helped him sit on the floor. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z “I am destined to see you only by accident,” she said, shoving the cat off the chair beside her. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z I heard an aide say she was in a car accident when she was a baby. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z “I was so sorry to hear about your car accident,” she whispers to me, kneeling near my desk. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z It was an accident of nature that gave humans five fingers on each hand, and because of this accident, five seemed to be a favorite base system across many cultures. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z An accident I was never aware of…until then. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z Instead, traditional New Guineans suffered high mortality from murder, chronic tribal warfare, accidents, and problems in procuring food. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z It was a hand that said: I don’t have to work very hard and I’m too clever to have accidents. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z “A lot of time has gone by and many things have changed since that day. But, Albert, you didn’t cause Marcus’s death ... it was an accident.” The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z "Call an ambulance, there's been a slight accident." The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z “Good. I told them it was an accident. My fault.” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z “No accidents,” he reminded me, and tightly puckered his lips to remind me about the unwanted bodily noise. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z “Scott, he couldn’t have done that if he tried. It was an accident and I’m sure he’s sorry. Aren’t you, Gee-gee?” George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z He walked the beach, wondering why Khione had sent him here—assuming his landing here wasn’t an accident. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z My hand jerks out and hits the trophy—I’m not sure if it was an accident or not—and it falls to the floor, breaking into several pieces. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z I know, because I used to hate the boys who caused the car accident. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z “It’s the meanwhile frightens me, sir. The ancients placed love and war in the hands of closely related gods. That was no accident. That, sir, was a profound knowledge of man.” Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z And I couldn’t even ask because I would be breaking my own rule about not talking about the accident. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z How did I know Winston would die later in a car accident? The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z He explained that he’d been looking into what happened at the accident. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z They found beautiful fountains and huge monuments by accident. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z One day he told her he had composed a poem called “The Mango Lady,” based on the accident they’d witnessed, and dedicated it to Ophelia. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z "No. They're not as bad as that. It was an accident." Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z “It was just a big accident, wasn’t it?” Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z Purely by accident a stray arrow struck one young sparrow. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Northern posturing on this matter was insufferable, as Jackson saw it, since their oozing arguments transformed a geographic accident and a product of historical circumstance into a willful sin. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z “Last time I checked, you called Yakov’s death an accident,” I said icily. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z I filled out all the necessary sections, my name and address, and listed my mother to be contacted in case I was in an accident. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z She explained, as in the previous interview, that he’d gotten into an accident. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z He didn’t blame his father for the accident, not exactly. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Whenever she discovered something that everyone besides her seemed to know, she assumed they had learned it during third grade, which she’d missed because of the accident. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z There was a string of deadly subway accidents. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z The three students who escaped serious injury were able to jump from the four-door Chevy immediately after the accident, say witnesses. Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Ever since the accident, he walks around like a mummy. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z When Uncle Cliff had his accident, George was sure Aunt Daisy would cancel the trip. I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912 2010-06-01T00:00:00Z The phone had rung many times since the accident and almost every time I asked him who was calling, it turned out to be one of the guys on the team. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z They cabled Ferris, “Unwise to open wheel to public until opening day because of incompleteness and danger of accidents.” The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Frustrated, I replied, “She wasn’t born like this. It’s all just because of the accident. Don’t you see it in the reports?” The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z The young man was uncomfortable with Big Ma’s pleading and apologizing and said again, “It was an accident, ma’am.” P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z He looked down at his feet as he walked because the wind was bitter, and eventually Hugo found himself, quite by accident, in front of the ruins of the burned-down museum. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z “So is that what you tell everyone? That your arms were torn off in a circus accident?” Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z The day after the accident I began to piece together what happened at the quarry, trying to pull out the details that my father wouldn’t give me. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z They say it was an accident, no one’s fault. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z I knew that people who didn’t support the revolution sometimes met with so-called accidents. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z Peoples who, by accident of their geographic location, inherited or developed food production thereby became able to engulf geographically less endowed people. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z By now, he’d managed the courage to pass by the accident site a few times. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z Hugo had heard stories about the accident from the time he was very young. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z I hate the way he brings up the accident just like that, like it’s okay to talk about. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z A car will lose control and ram into our living room, only it won’t be an accident. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z I remembered one of my first sessions with my counselor, Mr. Richardson, after the bus accident. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z I thought about the four of us the night of the accident, on that same expressway, and I noticed that the retainin’ wall was really only ’bout four feet high. Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Just for a second I could see Eddie reaching for me on the day of the accident. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z “He’s very nice. There’s a new kind of operation they’ll be doing on his eyes. He was in an auto accident, and his mother was killed.” The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z I sipped my tea and breathed in the jasmine and wondered if anyone would be sad if I was killed in a car accident or something. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z It felt like the timing of her death wasn't by accident. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z In it, an infertility doctor secretly harvests extra embryos from one of his patients and uses them to create a colony of clones of the woman’s son, who died young in an accident. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z “Was somebody in your family in an accident?” The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z Will you let them believe it was an accident if that’s the story going around? Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z We can forget about it much of the time, or think of it as an accident to be avoided, somehow. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z What I remember, from the summer of the accident: Falling in love with Gat at the Red Gate kitchen door. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z “The medical examiner will determine if these were homicides, accidents, natural deaths—” “Natural?” Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z “Besides casualties,” said Adams, “we also got motorcycle accidents, women in labor, all kinds of stuff which happened to the locals.” Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z Reggie concluded by saying he thought the accident was caused by the wet roads. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z “Um, no. That was an accident. I kind of . .. dropped into the middle of their conversation.” The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z The young man had been driving the truck and had had an accident with it. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z “Why didn’t you call or email after my accident?” We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z After all, I didn’t mean for the splendor I was using to hit the statue of Amokoya; it was an accident. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z That Hitler fits snugly with his nemesis Winston Churchill is a historical accident. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z “You’ll never see it coming. Our assassins are trained in discretion. They will come in the night, and it will look like a humiliating accident.” Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z “It was simply an accident that might happen to anybody,” said Stuart. Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z The coast guard installed sounding boards along island beaches and anchored numbered buoys at intervals in the shipping channel, and these measures seemed sufficient to islanders until the next accident came along. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z It must’ve just been a horrible accident, Dallas figured, no one in the wrong, but a tragedy nonetheless. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z “That night we found out Grandma Millie was in a coma, you said that her accident proves that there’s no such thing as God.” Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z “A friend of mine just had an accident and I have to call an ambulance. .. .” I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z Her marriage to Léonce Pontellier was purely an accident, in this respect resembling many other marriages which masquerade as the decrees of Fate. The Awakening 1899-04-22T00:00:00Z Nelson was left behind that fateful day by accident, he claims. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z But then the accident happened and I changed my mind. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z But the existing dagger could not be destroyed, and so it promised never to harm another through trickery, or by accident.’” Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z Until the time of his accident last year he had been a painter and carpenter. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z The severity of her burns and injuries makes it impossible for her to communicate or give authorities any details about the accident. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z “I’m so sorry! It was an accident,” I say. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z Lieutenant Cross went over and said he’d vouch that it was an accident. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z “He told me his parents died in an accident.” The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z “I think he...you know...had an accident,” Mom says. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z “After the accident, this nurse at the hospital told me that I’m here for a reason.” Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z I stand, thinking how it wasn’t an accident at all and how “suicide victim” is an interesting term. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z He wasn’t paying much attention and just by accident he played the first few notes of an Italian folksong he had heard the night before. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z The midnight blue Eldorado rose above the accident on the bridge. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z For a bear to kill another was rare, though, and when that happened it was usually by accident, or when one bear mistook the signals from another, as in the case of Iorek Byrnison. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z There were no apparent witnesses to the accident. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z And I know, I know what seems obvious—that it was probably an accident. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z “I’m sure it was an accident,” she said. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z “He’s not a criminal in any sense of the word other than he was involved in an accident and he’s willing to take responsibility for it,” Bunderson said. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z The typical accident involves seven consecutive human errors. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z Even though Reggie was coming to terms with his actions at the time of the accident, there was plenty of reason to think the plea was just expediency. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z It wouldn’t have been a huge shock to learn that Shelly had purposely dumped the grungy aquarium on Lice Peeking, but I took her word that it was an accident. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z They followed me everywhere; if by accident or intent I lost them, we always met up again at the hotel. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z At last I gave him a smile and said with no irony: “Look, Tommy, it was an accident and it’s now one hundred percent forgotten. I don’t hold it against you one tiny bit.” Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z If he could find out who the number belonged to, he could try to prove what the phone records seemed to show: that Reggie was texting during the accident, or right around it. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z On its face, it was an accident, but there was a twist, one that really bugged Baird. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z “Sports are finished for him, after an accident like that. Of course.” A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z “They said his daughter was in an accident. One that most professionals believed was not survivable.” The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z Her first thought was that she must have caused an accident. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z “Jeremy—Attorney Fitzgerald—was in a car accident an hour ago. He’s still in the hospital. His wife says he’s fine, just a few bruises. But he won’t be back until late this afternoon.” The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z Does a man ever believe in his own imminent death or in the possibility of accident? Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z It is the luck of the draw, or historical accident, whose name gets remembered as the discoverer of a new phenomenon. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z “Do you think it was an accident?” the Colonel asked as I stood beside him, my shoulders slouching, wanting a cigarette but nervous to be as audacious as him. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z Had Mr. Bykovski’s death—my fault, no question—and Dad’s accident finally got me where I was always supposed to be? October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z There’s been an accident, that’s what Dad told me the moment I burst into the house. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z If we work too slowly—or drop a tile by accident—Half curses us and makes us pay for the broken one. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z I rejoice in the moment for quite a while, feeling like I’ve unlocked some great mystery by accident. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z “You have a lot of accidents,” Frank noted. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Usually his ankle was fine, but every so often since his accident his ankle hurt. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z Perhaps, save for an accident of weather, they might always have lived that way. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z She knew about the accident and seemed to accept him. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z If the dog has an accident in the room, it gets beaten again. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z Finally, he was in a position to truly confront the issues in the Shaw accident. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z “Yeah. I tried to explain that it was all an accident. But you know how much everyone loved the Hideout. And, like, the one rule was to not let adults find out about it...” A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z Every bone in my body aches, like I’ve been in a car accident and there’s nothing physically wrong with me, but still I can feel the impact of it everywhere. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z In so many ways, his family’s life feels like a string of accidents, unforeseen, unintended, one incident begetting another. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Evan brought up Bridge’s accident almost every time she saw him. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z Some acted like a bunch of rubberneckers at the scene of an accident and asked a lot of questions. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Their boat had capsized and the English child had drowned by accident. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Beauty can come naturally, but it’s hard to be stunning by accident. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z “There’s been an accident in our family,” she would say instead, correctly. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z “We lost two sons. Raja died by an accident. The child was too tender for this world; he could not live as we did. After the crops failed he—”I stopped again. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z So she and I got in back and prayed that my uncle wouldn’t go forward by accident. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z Maybe she knew his accident was my fault. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z The thumping, obdurate stresses of “blood, sweat, toil and tears” were no accident of rhythm. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z An accident of geography sent me to a school where all my classmates were white, many the children of doctors and lawyers and business executives. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z There were other roomers, who had jobs, and I knew she received help from relatives; still there was no mistake, Mary loved a variety of food and this concentration upon cabbage was no accident. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z The accident was already defining him in big and little ways, like on the date with Elise, the girl who had the article about him taped to her mirror. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z Until he pulled the stuff out, I’d forgotten that Bobby Gene had rescued the backpack from the moped seat at the scene of the accident. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z He was sixty-eight years old and partly lame from a decades-old carriage accident that had left one leg an inch shorter than the other. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z When it was our turn to talk to the Costellos, Mom expressed how sorry we all were about the terrible accident. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z “A cab came speeding around the corner,” said Helene Castleman, a local baker, who witnessed the accident in front of her business. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z A few days after the accident, he’d gotten a call from the trooper. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z There would be an accident of course and later on in the afternoon, when I came back from my walk, I should find Frith white and frightened waiting for me with a message. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z “I don’t want you to worry at all, but...Mommy got in a little car accident today.” Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z The police had called it an accident, but of course they would have. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z It was just weeks after the accident, but Stephanie insisted on continuing to practice. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z Aviation experts will tell you that it is the success of this war on mitigation as much as anything else that accounts for the extraordinary decline in airline accidents in recent years. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z They had died years before in an auto accident still hoping that he might come to his senses and become an engineer. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z Did he actually try to drive the knife into the force field the way Peeta did by accident? Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z My grass be kind a spotty and I still got a big yellow mark where Treelore’s pickup sat for three months after the accident. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z “Well, I think it’s a pretty great accident. I hope you tell them someday.” Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z The Globe's articles about the accident were short. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z He died in a car accident when he was twelve. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z “All right, an accident, but was the gun in her hand?” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Then Kayak was hurt in a freak accident when something blew across the track and caused him to bolt. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z It was no accident that kings and prophets styled themselves as shepherds and likened the way they and the gods cared for their people to a shepherd’s care for his flock. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z She had to be heavily sedated for many days following the accident. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z Singleton asked what she knew about the accident. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z But sometimes I wondered if I was the one who was an accident. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z “It’s just...I wish you had told me about the accident earlier in the day! Someone should have told me.” Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z In five months, I put about 30,000 miles of “fishing” on that car before I had an accident. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z On my walk home, I thought about the accident and Dante and my brother and I wondered if he knew how to swim. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z “Okay, so what are the rules? “Rule number one: We won’t talk about the accident. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z “Statistically speaking,” the Erudite boy next to me— his name is Will—says, grinning at me, “you should have hit the target at least once by now, even by accident.” Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z “Surely you don’t think it an accident that, of all the people he might have told, he chose to come to you?” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z They are accidents and no one’s fault, as used to be thought. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Her white hair was cut short, and I could see a scar on her forehead, probably from the accident. Doing Time Online 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Sometimes, when there’s been an accident and reality is too sudden and strange to comprehend, the surreal will take over. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z We pass and she always tries to catch my eye or rub elbows, pretending it’s an accident, but I keep walking with my eyes straight ahead, like I don’t notice her. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z This was an accident and a witch hunt; the prosecution felt the defense had insulated itself from science and reality. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z And I hope everyone’s pictures turn out great and never become old photographs and nobody gets in a car accident. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z He explained, then, the reason for his journey and the events leading to Gurgi’s accident. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z Reggie had let the accident in, perhaps for the first time in public. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z One government worker in the Mexican state of Tabasco, who in 1999 denounced corruption by certain judicial police agents, was dead a few days later in a mysterious car accident. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z He must have been in an accident,”’ I said. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z It seemed like more punishment than I deserved for letting Raymond have an accident. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z Surely that watch had not tumbled into Nancy’s shoe by accident? In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z “I can be trusted to know basic information about our family. All summer I’ve been working to remember my accident, and what happened right before. Why not tell me, Mummy?” We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z Your name didn’t get into the Goblet of Fire by accident. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z As I read Bernal’s paper, however, I suddenly became enthusiastic about Schramm, for, if he had misinterpreted his data, by accident he had hit upon the right answer. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z Reggie had started writing apology letters days after the accident, the ones he never sent. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z I tell the people at Emergency that it was an accident. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z “After your accident. Because I used to cry whenever I saw it. It reminded me of what happened.” Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z After the accident, Holly decides we can take a convenience store break. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z She and her father cook a pear tart and burn it by accident, and her father opens all the windows to let out the smoke, and she hears violin music rise from the street below. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z “I don’t know what you’re talking about. Total accident. I forgot all about the fake finger. There are several precedents, I believe.” Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z Watching even the sorriest of sporting events bears no resemblance to coming upon an accident and hoping to exploit it for your own personal gain. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z “They never bothered me, though one almost stepped on me by accident once.” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z And he never talked about Mr. Terupt or anything to do with the accident. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z Those who sought his views were advised to wander into his vicinity as if by accident and to "talk as it were into vacancy." A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z The nightmares started a month after the accident. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Grant Burch’s only hope was to turn his defeat into an accident. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z From Raizel, I learned that it had been dismissed as a tragic accident. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z Still, those notions of good fortune and chance have blended so much that dictionaries now accept a hybrid definition—something fortuitous is a happy accident. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z But winning that essay contest was the first thing to make her smile since the accident. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z “What I believe is that when it comes to big things in life, there are no accidents. Everything happens for a reason. You’re here for a reason—and it’s not to fail and die.” Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z “We saw an accident where a van drove into a river. Cade and I pulled the people out of the water. That’s what happened yesterday, and now we’re here, in Normal.” 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z I had spent more time than the average child pondering unfortunate accidents of birth. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z “It was an accident, Jenna. An accident. You don’t have to relive the details.” The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z The truck had suffered only minimal damage in the accident. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z Soon after the accident, Stephanie, the older of the girls, had begun to play World ofWarcraft, using her father’s account and his computer and desk, peering into his hefty NEC monitor. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z Call it a miracle, an accident, or a case of two powerful personalities willing themselves to expire on schedule and according to script. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z “Yeah. Frank, this is Festus. He used to be a full bronze dragon, but we had an accident.” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z I don’t know much about Darren’s father except he was a heart surgeon, and he was killed in a car accident when Darren was about my age. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z Not being killed in a car accident may be 99 percent certain, while 98 percent of us may avoid perishing in a household accident. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z “I thought you said it was an accident.” Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z “But it was an accident. You said so yourself.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Roz was climbing down one of the forest cliffs when the accident happened. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z "It's a good thing. Look, with everyone fleeing nobody would buy that car. An accident is the only way you can get some money for it." Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z She could not picture any accident taking him. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z “Don’t be afraid, Jane, I saw it was an accident; you shall not be punished.” Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z If we would have had an accident, you think we would be hurt? Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Or the yelling and the accident were connected. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z I feel bad he lost his blue Oldsmobile in the accident. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z “I’ll be fine. I bit my lip. It was an accident.” Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z She asked Reggie why he thought he was having trouble remembering what happened at the time of the accident. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z Dina works as a dispatcher at the Spruce Harbor police station, and as far as Molly can see there isn’t much to stress over—a few drunk drivers, the occasional black eye, petty thefts, accidents. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z She’d used it after the accident, to pull herself into a sitting position. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z I knew they’d shoot me in a flash and tell the Home it was a accident. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z “First, we went back in time—by accident. Then Trub took me to the realm of magic to find Ma. Then we came home.” Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z One day they will leave the door unlocked by accident. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “I had an accident in the car once. My father was driving. It was a long time ago. It wasn’t my father’s fault, though.” The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z Right away he wanted to know all about Rubin’s accident He listened while I told the story over again. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z And there had been a sister who had died young under queer circumstances, and the fire that had disfigured his brother, and the hunting accident that had killed their father. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Sometimes in a painting, negative space is intentional; sometimes it is an accident of composition. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z In June, just a few months before the accident, Lisa and Van Park attended his farewell at the Garland Tabernacle, a modest red-brick church with spires on each side. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z And it’s all the fault of the boy who caused the car accident! Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z I'm quite sure that if you had had such a horrid accident, and were in hospital all by yourself, you would like a present from your best friend.’ I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z As to substance, she truly believed that the accident had been caused by the weather, hydroplaning. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z Jackie had called the sheriffs office because she needed a copy of the police report from the accident to process Jim’s life insurance policy. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z “Where do they come from? These people that appear once there is an accident?” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z He talked about the accident in a distant way. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z It was an accident and the boy’s father forgave Hercules, but Hercules could not forgive himself and he went into exile for a time. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z “I need you to tell me what happened before my accident. And after. You always say nothing important—but something must have happened to me besides hitting my head during a nighttime swim.” We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z “He shouldn’t be fine! No one walks away from an accident like that. What if it had been you? Or you?” The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z It had to be like he’d said before: she was cleaning out the closet the day of the accident. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z A very few were overlooked by accident, but as they turned up all the same, that did not matter. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z Dad lost a cousin in a drunk-driving accident in the fifties or seventies or whatever, and there is a zero-tolerance rule in our house. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z “How could you possibly have missed any? Did you circle the wrong letters by accident?” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z I had told him that he wasn’t to blame for the accident, and that it was my fault for following Trotter’s lead. Doing Time Online 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z For all the many months following the accident, Mrs. Draper stayed in touch with the young Mrs. Olinski. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z “It was an accident,” Pa tells her and smiles at me. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Then she brushed against him again—that was the night he’d bought her the earrings—and he knew it wasn’t an accident. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “You happened upon me by accident? Out exploring?” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z Over time my stories got more and more ridiculous: alligator wrestling in the Everglades in Florida, freak roller coaster accidents, skydiving trips gone wrong. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z After the third accident, my father’s boss at the cab company got on his case. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z Even all of us coming to Brooklyn, my mother says, wasn't some accident. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z “I was thinking about it . . . about you because—I was thinking about you and the accident because I caused it.” A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z When Eliot’s mother arrived at quarter to six, Mr. Sen told her the details of the accident and offered a check reimbursing November’s payment. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z The killing of civilians was a tragic accident, and I felt a profound horror at the death toll. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Haukelid was part of the team, until an accident put him out of action. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z The accident report concluded that Major N. Jaax had not been exposed to Ebola virus. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z He agreed to join a film crew back at the site of the accident. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z If there was a road accident or a street fight or a baby pickled in a laboratory jar for me to look at, I'd stop and look so hard I never forgot it. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z But alas, he died before Christmas break in a car accident. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z In the newspaper, the boys’ names are listed: Jack, Johnny, Andy, Stuart, and the boy who was driving and caused the accident, his name was Eddy. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z We didn’t talk about my parents, the accident. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z If an IV solution normally used in hospitals and at the scene of accidents was now being used during the halftime of a high school football game to ease complaints of exhaustion, so be it. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z “Or a slow leak from a perforated bowel. Car accident, right?” If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z He started to talk about the accident but I concentrated on the escape method and the subject was dropped. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z Strictly by accident, Goober happened to look up as Brother Leon marked down Santucci’s report. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Velutha heard of the accident a whole year after it happened. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z That research, and other investigations like it, led to changes in air traffic regulations, mandating minimum distances between flight paths so as to prevent that kind of wake turbulence accident. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z They didn't just die in a car accident or some tragedy, Scruggs thought. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z "Yes. It's possible, isn't it, that that might have been an accident?" And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z But they also knew that it was no accident that The Landry News had come out of room 145. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z It was larger than the pebbles around it, and it looked out of place, as if someone had left it there by accident. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z “Does the rain ever remind you of the accident?” Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z Well, now it is too late, and Edmund has had an accident. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z Lucky for me, she believed it was an accident—which it honestly was. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z “After the accident. Do you think I lived for a reason?” Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z Rob’s father called a couple of weeks after the accident. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Or maybe Bri was right and Mami had suffered some kind of accident and only now was able to tell people who she was and where she lived. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z “An old boyfriend. Maybe he split when your mom got pregnant. Or maybe he got killed in an accident before you were born.” Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z It was Sunday, a month after the accident, and everyone had gathered in the living room. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z “I was trying to hit the tree. And I missed. So does that count if it was by accident?” Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z When he broke his right arm in an accident, he kept the score left-handed. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z She wasn’t sure there was anything she could do professionally, because at the time she assumed the accident took place in Box Elder County, where Tremonton was located. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z Maybe it was just the wind, or some freak accident with the hinges, but I didn’t stay long enough to find out. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z He looks stocky, the years since the accident having turned him from adolescence into a man. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z It took perhaps twenty minutes after the farmer informed Utah Power of the accident for them to switch off the deadly current pulsing through the lines. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Two days before Thanksgiving, three months after my mother’s death, and two months after my father’s accident. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Nadine explained that Reggie’s lawyer had called and said that Reggie could be interviewed but would only talk about the risks of texting and driving, not about his experience in the accident. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z By accident, it comes to me, I have given him a greater advantage. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z Just between the two of us, I don’t think that accident affected him that much. Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z She looks like she’s been crying, and this might be because she really hates winter or, more likely, because we’re coming up on the anniversary of the accident. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z “Actually,” she said, “I lied before. I don’t ever forget about the accident.” Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z “He died last night in a fishing accident. We found him this morning tangled in his net out in White Sand Bay.” Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z “It was — a sort of accident that I found out.” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z “Don’t worry about it, Genie. It was an accident,” Ernie said, pulling his shirt over his head. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z Without this accident, I bet Danielle never would have made it over to Anna’s house. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z “Because I left mine in my locker. By accident,” Dante added. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z It wasn’t exactly an accident that legs and I ran by Dante’s house. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z So people are oftentimes led to believe it was an accident. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z Other than the paramedic who told me to hang in there and the nurse who keeps asking me how I’m doing, no one has talked to me since the accident. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Our involvement is not that of an adversary in a straightforward game, but more like blundering into someone else’s accident. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z I guess he considered me old enough now not to shoot myself by accident, and not depressed enough to shoot myself on purpose. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z How awful it is to contemplate the accidents that determine one’s fate. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z That he had not killed Catherine was an accident. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z “We came through by accident,” Lyra told him before Will could speak. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z Had that big doofus scribbled my name on the gifted list by accident? Ungifted 2012-08-21T00:00:00Z “Probably? I feel bad for saying it, but if they got into a car accident I’d be relieved. At least that’s a reason to ditch your kids for two days.” We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z The newspapers reported Seward’s carriage accident and described the serious injuries he had suffered, noting that he was recovering at home, bedridden. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Her right hand is partly arthritic, from an elevator accident. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z And how it was no accident, my shooting that arrow into the force field in the arena. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z “Strange. I heard once that a long time ago houses used to burn by accident and they needed firemen to stop the flames.” Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z It is an accident of birth that can influence the outcome of a life. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z It reminded him of the bright popping he’d seen at late-night car accidents while the police department’s photographer was snapping pictures. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z The officers told Princesse that our dad had been in an accident. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z The Union cavalry unit galloping up the road is not there by accident. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z I swallowed by accident and it burned on the way down. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z Maisie, and the other girl, the one I didn’t know...it wasn’t an accident that she ended up in a field full of shamblers. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z It is no accident that Thomas More, writing Utopia in 1615, situated his exemplary nation in the Americas. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z He doesn't look like a fighter, so my guess is he was in an accident. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z “Lolo tried to take the other twins home by accident, the ones in Miss Henderson’s class. They didn’t like it. They yelled loud like we’re supposed to.” Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z In some way, we are not told how except that it was purely through accident, he killed his brother; and he went to Argos where the King, Proteus, purified him. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z It must have been about two weeks before my accident. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z It is no accident that in the entire Western Hemisphere, the greatest localized concentration of addicts is in Harlem. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z But the year after my accident, I missed days and even weeks of school. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z And just when I thought it couldn’t get any worse, two of my dearest friends, a young cameraman and his wife, were killed in a terrible car accident. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z She had pictured him seeking her at the very first hour, and he had lived under the same sky since day before yesterday, while only by accident had he stumbled upon her. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z They had heard I had survived an accident. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z A week after the accident, when the nurse at the hospital desk gave me the plastic bag of his clothes, I found the coin in the back flap pocket of his shorts. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z “You were in a horse-riding accident, weren’t you? That must be what happened.” Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z When he contemplated the many diseases and potential accidents threatening him, he was positively astounded that he had managed to survive in good health for as long as he had. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z There were still questions about the wheel’s safety, and unfounded stories circulated about suicides and accidents, including one that alleged that a frightened pug had leaped to its death from one of the car’s windows. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z The next morning, I looked for stories about the quarry accident in the Boston Globe again. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z “I’ve learned how to say it. Accident. I assume that was another suggestion you and Father planted, to never bring up the accident.” The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z I leaned over the seat to see who he was talking to, and only then realized how serious the accident had been. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z She tries not to think about it, but his...the accident hit the girls hard. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z But regulation of body temperature is under our genetic control and doesn’t just happen by accident. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z On September 16, 2012, nearly six years from the day of the accident, he told Britney he had a surprise of sorts for her. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z And for this accident to happen in this special way, there have to be 3 conditions. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z It was placed less than an hour after the accident. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z Ever since the night after the accident, she had hovered about him, fussing, asking questions, and when she peered into his face, he flushed with shame, remembering. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z The crime was a psychological accident, virtually an impersonal act; the victims might as well have been killed by lightning. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z “You think it will be you, do you, the boy who has survived by accident, and because Dumbledore was pulling the strings?” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z “I was wondering whether or not his sense of conflict about the accident was genuine confusion, or another lie.” A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z Residents in the rural area reported seeing nothing unusual around the time of the accident. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z He frantically reached for his phone to text Amelia, and realized that he’d left it at home again by accident. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z “An accident. A hiking accident, to be precise.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z I wonder if he remembers that it was his brother’s party Eleanor and I were leaving when we had the accident. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z “Have you had any accidents recently? Any broken bones, burns, any injury at all?” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Rindlsbacher, through years of experience, knew that sometimes there were accidents, but more often, there were wrecks. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z That evening an unfortunate accident befell an able seaman who had crewed the rigging on the Heart of a Dream. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z Finally I say, “Do you think that someone hurt Erin because of who Rod is and what he does? Do you think that it might not have been an accident?” Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z So all day long, as I took in the scenery, and as I imagined us in a thousand accidents, and as I prayed underneath it all to any tree whizzing by, I talked about Peeby. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z No; it was no accident, and he would never say that it was. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z I stare at Einstein’s picture with his crazy white hair that looks like he had an accident with a light socket. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z “Don’t worry about an accident, Mom. Anybody shooting Nate Foster would know exactly what they were aiming at,” I wanted to say, but I just went, “Okay.” Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z He knew it wasn’t an accident, but all he said was, “This was my favorite shirt.” The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z Right after the accident I wanted to be dead. Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Maybe Father got hurt in the accident, too. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “I can’t even trip by accident without some people making a big deal about it.” From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z She feels guilty the accident happened after we went to visit them. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z You know my friend Kay, at the restaurant, she says that she saw an accident between an Oldsmobile and a Toyota. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z It was an accident, a real honest accident, with lots of us to blame. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z The law enforcement team explained to Leila that there had been an accident. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z There were other roomers, who had jobs, and I knew she received help from relatives; still there was no mistake, Mary loved a variety of food and this concentration upon cabbage was no accident. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z “It is, mijo. It was an accident. I know because I prayed about it.” We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z “It was an accident, Jenna. Unintentional, however it happened. On that much we all agree.” The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z It is true I suffer migraines since my accident. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z “These two rocket scientists were killed,” Terryl began, as she launched into the story of the accident. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z I get out and check the whole car—check the doors, hood, bumpers, lights, front grille and trunk to make sure I didn’t get into an accident without noticing. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z “Are you sure, Bitter? Not even by accident? Not even one drop?” Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z “The rule was we weren’t supposed to talk about the accident.” Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z I still swear it wasn’t an accident, it was like Feather’s warning. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z Until that moment, I thought it had been an accident, but then I realized I had heard those tires squealing once before. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z Don’t think I can possibly make it sound like an accident report, but I’ve got to write something—I’ll have to remember—there may be a trial. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z She went for long walks by herself, and it was a rare walk when some boy did not blunder out of a woodlot and come on her by accident. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z The second day was not as much by accident. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z “We can leave here early on the morning of the twenty-second,” he said, “and barring accidents, we should make the camp ground in plenty of time for the grand opening.” Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z She turns off the whistling kettle, startled, her chest tightening, terrified that he’s been in some sort of accident. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z But simply calling the Great Fire an accident did not satisfy some people, most notably the local newspapers. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z She knew about the accident, seemed supportive, though they didn’t talk much about it. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z The astronauts weren’t hundreds of thousands of miles away when the accident happened; they were on the ground, within feet of the ground crew and the engineers, and yet they still died. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z She dug up the business card of one of the officers who had visited her after the accident. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z But actually, President Snow may be arranging some sort of "accident" for me as we speak. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z The month that followed the accident was uneasy, tense, and, at first, embarrassing. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z He asked if Reggie was texting at the time of the accident. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z Calvin says, “Exactly. Freak accident. All the EMTs and the doctor said it: You probably couldn’t make it happen twice. Not if you tried. They aren’t even sure how I knocked my head.” The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z “I lost the leg in a boating accident when I was a child. But I wanted you to know that.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z And what happens if the people at school hear about the accident? Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z And my pops...car accident, but he alive. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z For six months after the car accident, Mother had improved steadily and we’d thought she would fully recover. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z She looked over at Paul as the Rover edged around the accident and on to Port-au-Prince. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z After receiving news of the accident, she’d stayed at work until three in the afternoon. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z The Mellower rolled the sherry around in his mouth and pronounced it quite the best he had tasted since an unfortunate accident overtook his wine cellar. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z It is only silliness, thought Mrs Helena Kingshaw, and a little bit of shock and hysteria after the accident, making him say those things about Edmund. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z The cart and the platform are almost exactly the same height—not by accident; my father built a sort of earth-ramp leading up to the barn just for that purpose. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z Sergeant Hudson was sympathetic and agreed to bring the accident report to Jackie’s office at Utah State. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z She had the pictures from the accident in a loose-leaf binder. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z Two accidents in two years is not a good sign. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z Thus, the problems of modern South Africa stem at least in part from a geographic accident. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Yet he was always afraid that Danny might say something about The Vigils to some other guys, strictly by accident, and screw up the whole situation. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Nobody could say for sure whether it was an accident or revenge, but it had the smell of the latter. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z “Report to Miss McDaniels. She needs to interview you for the accident report.” Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z Yes, of course, the accident was a tragedy. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z The way I had imagined the search effort was accurate, but each article had a small detail that grounded the incident, yet made it seem impossible that I had experienced the same accident. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z “Last night, Alaska Young was in a terrible accident.” Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z “I tell you truly it was an accident, sir.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z I’m angry having to lie there on the disgusting bedpan until Mami gets home and can’t stop thinking about the car accident. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z What had happened was that there had been a farm truck accident that injured five inmates and killed one. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z She worries that my broken leg is all her fault because I was asleep on her lap when the accident happened. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z We didn’t see the cars involved in the accident until we were in the thick of the jam. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z “My in-laws were killed in an accident,” he told her curtly. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z And that in wondering bout the big things and as ting bout the big things, you learn about the little ones, almost by accident. The Color Purple 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Feynman would have to go there, inspect the factory, and help them prevent a catastrophic nuclear accident. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Salim got out of his pod but we missed him somehow by accident and he didn't see us either. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z Unless you counted Cookie, the nurse he’d known when he was hospitalized as a result of his motorcycle accident. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z The boy wanted to believe that his friend had simply become separated from him by accident. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Actually I’m sure that it couldn’t be an accident because of the way that it happened. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z “My brother! An accident! He got his foot caught in a trap.” Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z She had been only three at the time of the accident. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z Once, we got into a fairly serious car accident going to her mother’s house. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z In fact, however, the accident had taken place across the Cache County line, within Terryl’s area of jurisdiction. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z She was now living in Germany and hadn’t even heard about my parents’ accident until a month after the fact, and then she’d sent a huge bouquet to me. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z Then there were the ones who shot bystanders and cops, their partner, or, by accident, themselves. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z But it was more than just an accident. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z Sometimes they called out the fire truck to accidents because they were afraid of fuel catching fire, or sometimes because they needed the crew to help carry someone on the backboard. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z Just after 6:48 a.m., when the 911 call first came in, the dispatcher called out a 10-50 PI, a personal injury accident, and the coordinates. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z And, for example, some people say how can an eye happen by accident? The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z We do not believe that Watts and Newark are the answers....But unheard protests lead to frustration and the accidents that have created difficulties in other cities. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z Then our father would worry and he might not drive as well and they would get in an accident and get killed. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z Raymond’s foot was still raw and blistered from his accident almost a year earlier. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z If I wanted people to think it was an accident, I’d drive my car off the road. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z "The man is an accident of nature," he says. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z “How come you didn’t die in the accident?” Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z I tried to find him when I was ten years old, and from what I pieced together, I'm pretty certain that he died in some kind of accident involving a cargo plane. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z I never woulda been the one to break the silence between me and Mom, and me and Dad, if it weren’t for Terupt’s accident. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z I told her I got banged up in a car accident. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z And when his parents were killed in a mining accident, the mate went to live in the grove with her, learning to nurse the tender shoots into towering giants with rustling fan-shaped leaves. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z It's two and half weeks after the accident. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z And suddenly, he’s just another burn victim from a mine accident. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z I could have said it was an accident but I didn’t feel like lying. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Once El Patron would have roared with laughter when Tam Lin described how his enemies in the U.S. and Aztlan governments had been disgraced or met with strange accidents. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z My own memory of Shawn begins in the kitchen, perhaps two months after the second accident. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z She was the mother of April’s father, who had died in an accident before April even had a chance to get to know him. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z Another February 8 motion was aimed at disallowing the prosecution from using anything in the trial that Reggie had said to Rindlisbacher at the scene of the accident, and en route to the hospital. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z And much to my surprise, I actually found a report on our parents’ car accident. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z We said we dialed the number by accident, and the police let us off the hook with a warning. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z While the chances of avoiding any particular disease or accident may be encouraging, the probability of avoiding them all is not. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z The antelopes did not leap gracefully as I imagined they would; they wheeled like spooked horses around the inside of the circle, then suddenly veered out as if by accident or blindness. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Touch her precious pigtail, even by accident, and she'll kick you in the shins, the brat. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z This was about a car accident and a girl who had lost her parents. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z “If they fall out by accident, everyone will see.” A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z I wanted very much to talk to him, and the day after the accident I tried. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z At least the wreckage would tell him that the accident had really happened, that Ian Rider had really died that way. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z “Nobody saw the accident, nobody knew she had gone,” he said. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z Not exactly the girl she used to be before the accident, which was the girl I thought I had been searching for, but my Maribel, brave and impetuous and kind. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z She’d been in a car accident and was in a coma. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z “It was no accident!” someone shouted, and almost half the room voiced their bitter agreement. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z I could see that JimmyTrotter didn’t talk about his brother, mother, father, or grandmother or the accident caused by the oncoming trucker who had fallen asleep at the wheel while driving a tractor-trailer carrying lumber. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z “That was no accident! Em glad my sister’s not like all of you. Wish to God I wasn’t.” Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z Most illnesses, especially the major ones, are blind accidents that we have no idea how to prevent. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The memory of that accident made me shudder. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z She could not remember a time since her accident—maybe even before it—when she had not forced herself not to notice people noticing her. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z I make a picture of Papi gathering me in his arms after the accident, my broken leg dangling, and the Oldsmobile bursting into flames behind us. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z My mom hid the list so well that I only found it by accident, when I climbed on top of the kitchen counter to look for the chocolate she kept hidden behind her baking supplies. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z The counselor said, “He had a little accident.” Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z If her little boy was an accident or planned. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z Nevertheless, they did not relate that horrible accident to the other two men who had died because of Remedios the Beauty. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z S. Canton and thus immune to a fishing boat accident—he climbed his mast with confidence. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z It convinced her that accident only could discover to Mr. Bingley her sister’s being in town. Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z “I must speak to her myself. It was but a tragic accident!” Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z It is certainly safer to keep a child in the rear seat than sitting on a lap in the front seat, where in the event of an accident he essentially becomes a projectile. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z When by some accident somebody scattered her rows, they always stopped to retrieve them for her, and she was never angry, for it gave her a chance to rearrange them again. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z “I had an accident on the job,” Nailer said. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z After Raymond’s accident she never left me alone with them for more than an hour. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z On New Year's Eve 1957, while he was overseas, his wife and only child were killed by a drunk driver in an automobile accident. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Since the accident on the subway he had been talking for hours, nearly nonstop, to Gideon. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z Twenty percent of motorists cause 80 percent of all accidents. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “I told him I investigated the accident and that you just skidded on a wet street.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z But the actual intervals — the way the notes sound — are not arbitrary accidents of history. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z “There’s a ghost that sits at the top of the tower stairs. You go all cold if you walk through him by accident.” Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z “For heaven’s sake. You were in a major accident, young man. You need to be horizontal.” The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z I go to bed every night, and look at myself in the mirror every morning, knowing I caused an accident that was one hundred percent preventable. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z The company required the dead miner’s family to move within two weeks of the accident that killed him. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z “Who was to know this would happen? It was an accident. It’s no one’s fault.” Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z Hugo could hardly fall asleep, and when he did, he dreamed about a terrible accident that occurred in the train station thirty-six years ago, which people still talked about. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z “I had an accident. And I’m still recovering.” The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z She knows the story of the accident, a story she first heard with polite newlywed sympathy, but the thought of which now, now especially, makes her blood go cold. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z A reporter will interview a sobbing woman who saw the accident in front of the department store on Bartlett Street. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z They kept a police scanner on all the time, and when an accident or fire or crime was called in, an editor would send a reporter to find out what had happened. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z “Shhh,” I tell her, and together we continue to read all about the accident and the track team’s quest to buy me a running leg. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z That night, I learned later, some moron had driven his truck into Salem Harbor and that Dad was called to the accident scene to help fish him out. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z No one walks down Peach Street wearing a red bandanna by accident. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z If any sexual thing happened to you at Faye’s you felt it was an accident but forgivable. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z “Did you think that was an accident? Sending Blackjack to find you? Helping you sneak out of the camp?” The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z “You do know that not everyone in the Scythedom is convinced that it was an accident. We’ve had to begin an investigation, just to be sure.” Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z But they claimed that the fire was an accident that wasn’t supposed to happen. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z Having discovered almost by accident that elliptical orbits fit the observations well, he could not reconcile them with his idea that the planets were made to orbit the sun by magnetic forces. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Her husband had taken no other wife, even after her terrible accident and the loss of their two youngest children. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z The detective who later informed my modier of the accident, when asked about the condition of Milton’s body, said only, “It was consistent with a crash of a vehicle going at seventy-plus miles an hour.” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z The paranoid fantasy of the arrest and accident was the first clue. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Not accident scars, but thin little lines, the type that some of them here get done to them on purpose, like a tattoo. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z She was afraid of an illness or an accident that could force them into a hospital. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z Carriage accidents were serious in wartime Washington and could prove deadly. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z There are no actual accidents, though, just a steady stream of customers. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z “It is nice. But a pretty face is just a lucky accident. Pretty can’t feed you. And you’ll never be pretty enough for some people.” Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z —Andrew, I know the accident was very traumatic for you. Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Even as a young man, Newton was impatient with insubstantial questions, such as whether light was “a substance or an accident,” or how gravitation could act over an intervening vacuum. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The person who discovered this fact is an educational researcher at the University of Pennsylvania named Erling Boe, and he stumbled across it by accident. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z Akira hated them—he worried he was so skinny he might fall into the hole by accident. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z “I figured it wouldn’t matter if I drank it. When I swim at Cape Cod, I always drink a bunch of water by accident.” Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z A second big issue for Bunderson had to do with the evidence that Reggie was texting at the time of the accident. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z “What if her father didn’t die in this so-called tractor accident? Won’t he be looking for her?” The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z At the time, I was in better shape than she was even with my accident and though she was much younger. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z “I bumped into him by accident, and his newspaper flew out of his hands.” P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z They had both died in another accident, this one a plane crash, a few weeks after he had been born. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z The attendant came bursting into my room and told me that Renfield had somehow met with some accident. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z The pain started six weeks after my accident. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z She knew about the accident, of course, in a distant sort of way. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z Without this accident, I’m not sure she would have made it back as my friend. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z "We had a little accident, Dad," he says. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z “Reggie died in Georgia. According to Coach Douglas, he’d found work on a shrimping boat. There was an accident out in the water. He went overboard.” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z I was going to say her aunt had just got killed in a car accident and I had to speak to her immediately. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z By itself, none of these would be sufficient for an accident. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z Adam asked, “But suppose you had an accident, or maybe a disease?” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z “I should have put it together when you told me you were in an accident. You’re the daughter of Matthew Fox.” The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z No, they are just frozen historical accidents: the “correct” forms are those that happened to be used in the dialect spoken in the region around London when written English first became standardized several centuries ago. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z “We told her parents that the accident could have happened anywhere but they were very concerned for Maria.” Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z We had to discipline people who called me Scottie by accident. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z Or what if the car accident had taken both of my parents from me and he wasn’t even here for me to be mad at? Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z “He don’t do anything on accident. Everything he do, he know exactly what he’s doing.” The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z Mercy worried about this indulgence, which had begun by accident on the second day, and proved such a success that she had weakly allowed it to continue. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z Hairwoman: “This is Hawthorne, one of the greatest American novelists! He didn’t do anything by accident—he was a genius.” Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z Granny told me it happened in a sawmill accident after the War. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z I explained everything about my mother dying when I was small, my father going to' his Maker earlier this summer after a tractor accident, which was the story I was sticking with. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Some magical catastrophes or accidents are simply too glaringly obvious to be explained away by Muggles without the help of an outside authority. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z During these five years of soldiering Adam did more detail work than any man in the squadron, but if he killed any enemy it was an accident of ricochet. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z He has never been told why he was really named Gogol, doesn’t know about the accident that had nearly killed his father. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z “I didn’t go to the castle,” he said gently, “because I had an accident Something happened to me which was outside my own plans, and after that I went where I was taken.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z There were those who said that it was just a horrible accident, an inevitable by-product of the fact that police officers sometimes have to make life-or-death decisions in conditions of uncertainty. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z She worried that if either action became routine, she could have a bad accident, spraining an ankle, breaking a bone, or worse. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z More by accident than design, Brother Rufus spun around and sent the scalding contents of his mug splashing full into the rat’s eyes. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z It was not—as Izzy herself suspected, and as Lexie, in moments of meanness, teased her—because she had been an accident, or unwanted. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z “I didn’t hurt the kid on purpose. It was an accident.” Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z It wasn’t quite enough to make him fall and it could have been an accident. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z A shipboard accident might still befall Yul-Bayur on the journey back. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Ever since that day, the day he became a father, the memory of his accident has receded, diminishing over the years. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z The accident happened on the Saturday night of a weekend when Dad had visiting privileges. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z They were not pitying him or being afraid of him because he had had an accident. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z In the end I found Denna as I always do, through pure accident. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Three weeks and two days after the accident, I went to the doctor’s office to get new casts and x-rays. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z The accident killed thirty-five passengers and one person on the ground. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z “No. Well, if he calls you, tell him to get in touch with me right away, okay? Hey, you haven’t heard anything about any accidents, have you?” Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z “It was an accident. He didn’t really mean to help. How could he possibly know that in this old car there beats a truly Marxist heart?” The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z When the sled accident happened, Matt was the first one down his cellar stairs. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z The driver’s grandfather had recently retired as a district court judge, which gave the accident an extra public layer. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z Maybe now, after your father’s accident, your parents will send for you. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z If this is true, the odd virus disease, on which we must focus so much of our attention in medicine, may be looked on as an accident, something dropped. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Before the accident, “my future” just meant college. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z “But watch out for that ambulance. We don’t want to begin our pilgrimage with an accident.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “Our relationship wasn’t the best before the accident. And after, it was kind of too much and it didn’t work out,” Reggie says of dating Briana. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z He rarely had accidents like that, but when he did, Mama sometimes made him keep it in his pants all day to “teach him a lesson.” Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z An accident was bad enough, but a murder? The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z Within a week of the accident he had stopped speaking in sentences. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z “Oh. No. No, I just bumped your shoulder with my book. By accident. I was trying to say sorry.” A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z He gets up and jumps and jumps, turning to the window quickly as if some freak bounce accident will launch him out there like a catapult. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z Mrs. Olinski told us that she had become paralyzed in an automobile accident. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z “It was an accident. The stick slipped from my hand.” I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z The agreeable nullity of Leon’s life was a polished artifact, its ease deceptive, its limitations achieved by invisible hard work and the accidents of character, none of which she could hope to rival. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z The guidance counselors are celebrating the lack of fatal accidents. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z But the pearls were accidents, and the finding of one was luck, a little pat on the back by God or the gods or both. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z “You’ll never get it. Baby will get it. It’s an industrial accident. It’s a simple industrial accident.” A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z “They ruined the party and have nearly destroyed my house! In what way can that be considered an accident?” The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z On the backstretch, there was only one reminder of the accident. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z They are also given the lie: that their memories were erased because of a freak accident, and that they were on the verge of lobbying the government for equality for GDs. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z The first is the probability of not being afflicted with any of a variety of diseases, accidents, or other misfortunes. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z As you no doubt guessed, I didn't happen by tonight just by accident. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z In fact, any measures possible should be taken to keep her from the island in the year immediately after the accident. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z This type of “accident” had become so common to me—sometimes the team manager would forget to include me on team emails—that I hardly blinked. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z She cries a lot, but she hasn’t said much about the accident after that first night. Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z He didn’t say much more after that, the arthritis eating into his hips and the agony of the oil field accident that had cost him his leg too much for him now. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z “It wasn’t me. Everything I’ve done with magic has been a complete accident. I wouldn’t even know how to use a spell.” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z It may have been an accident of the unwritten roster, but she doubted it. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z The night of the accident, Seward’s face swelled so badly that his children could barely recognize him, and the blood pouring through his nose almost suffocated him. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z He says further that a check unrelated to this listing showed that the Korean girl involved in the accident with John Kwang is also an illegal. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Both of them were nervous travelers: their parents had been killed in a car accident, on a weekend drive up to Washington, and they were edgy for days before they had to go anywhere themselves. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z But finally I have no idea what I would do if I bumped into her by accident, on the subway for instance, sitting across from me, or waiting on the platform reading the ads. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z More screams, more confusion; and again the gun went off, but this time by accident, it seemed. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z When the commander sent someone to clear the airfield before an accident occurred, the thing turned out to be a big teddy bear. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z It is the only religion in which the time scales correspond, no doubt by accident, to those of modern scientific cosmology. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z I know people will say that it’s because of the accident that I came back to church— well, they’re right. Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z First, she said there had been some accidents. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Miners don’t abandon an accident until it’s hopeless. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z And years later, just before the accident, there had been a small electrical fire that took out the bookshelves where all the photo albums and my uncle’s record collection had been. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z The other was chopped off in a sawmill accident. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z Before the accident, he had worn the hat only when riding horses, but now he kept it on all the time, even in the house, which Dad said was disrespectful. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z She herself, by accident, or intuition, or the grace of God, had come all the way from Dorchester County on the Underground Railroad —and on her own two feet. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z “There was a road accident this morning and she has to examine the poor victim.” Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z A couple of guys at soccer practice were talking about the accident. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z It carried me back to the night of the accident. Doing Time Online 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z The accident happened only a hundred yards from a slope where Roy and his father were sledding. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Two years ago, only six months before the accident, my parents had come over for Christmas Eve dinner, bringing Maribel a dress from Diseño y Artesanía that my mother insisted they wanted to give her. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z I guess the dogs had had an accident inside the Winnebago or something. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z An alternate choice has been made, or an accident has turned out differently. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z It’s not like he’s sick or had an accident. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z We all knew what kind of accident she meant. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “My wife is dead. She died last week in a car accident. It was her funeral yesterday.” American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z “This was no accident. Two planes hit the Twin Towers and another crashed into the Pentagon.” Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z It was an accident, really, I wasn’t snooping. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z She looked younger than I’d seen her in a long time, maybe since before the accident. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z These are things that, tragically, lead to a momentary loss of focus; but they are accidents, tiny blips, and instants. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z I kept thinking about the fact that Ocean and I had only touched by accident and what if we’d touched on purpose and wow, I wondered if my head would just explode. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z “Patrolman Mancuso’s coming today to see me about the accident. You better say a little Hail Mary for me, honey.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Despite their father’s hideous accident, my father’s two brothers were also miners; Clarence worked in the Caretta mine across the mountain from Coalwood, and Emmett in mines around the county. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z He would have taken someone with him for company but quite by accident everyone was away or was busy. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Just as our bread, mixed and baked, packaged and sold without benefit of accident or human frailty, is uniformly good and uniformly tasteless, so will our speech become one speech. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z This increase in wealth is unlikely to have been an accident. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z Because of the accident, the 588th was given another two months of training before they left Engels to fly into combat. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z The jury foreman was electrocuted in a freak accident. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Seward was certain to be in his bed this night recovering from a serious carriage accident. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z "Think, Mo! It would have been somewhere remote, an unlikely place for any flower to grow. You took a cutting and mailed it to me just before you...just before your accident." City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z I thought again of the accident and the knot in my stomach tightened. Doing Time Online 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Dad bought the updated 1982 Highway Code the day it came out, and he says old ones could cause accidents if they’re not destroyed. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z “While I do wish they were perhaps a bit more discreet in their work...I can’t deny that this is twice this month that they've saved us from a rather rare and unfortunate accident.” Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z He took solace in the fact that others, if they ever heard of the wretched accidents, might well assume that it was some other Henry Smith standing by when disaster struck. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z “But your father was murdered. Mine died in an accident.” Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z After another long pause, he said, “I’m not sure it was an accident. I suppose it was a mistake I was waiting to make.” Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z And that in wondering bout the big things and asting bout the big things, you learn about the little ones, almost by accident. The Color Purple 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z For the whole time that Kira was braiding my hair, I said, she talked about my mother—what she remembered, how they lost touch, how she heard about the accident. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z The very familiarity of his bad manners was a relief, because for a long time after the accident had happened, even Will’s best friends had acted differently around him. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z He had done this many times—just reached out and grabbed something— in the hope that by accident he might come upon the very piece of information he needed. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z “But that was just an accident,” I say. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z Maybe David had been in a car accident. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Statistically, it's young adults who are most likely to die in a quarry accident. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z “He said she left me and him way before she died. That she’d just come back for her things the day the accident happened.” The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Ziemer emphasized that this alarming death rate hadn’t been skewed upward by mountaineering accidents; the victims had been “just ordinary trekkers who never ventured beyond the established trails.” Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z —Why is it the first thing a girl thinks about if her boyfriend is late is that he been in an accident? Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Of course he would have said it was an accident if the boot had connected. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z And we got caught in a long traffic jam which was caused by people slowing down to look at an accident on the other carriageway. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z “No, Hermione, I know it was an accident. You were trying to get us out of there alive, and you were incredible. I’d be dead if you hadn’t been there to help me.” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z “All right, I’ll quote you as calling it an accident. You keep me posted on what develops.” Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z Now I remember that his paralegal said he’d been in a car accident. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z Ever since the carriage accident Seward had suffered, Stanton had been a faithful visitor. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z “Just because they’ve declared it an unfortunate accident doesn’t mean they’ve fired everyone. And the government isn’t going to lock him up just because he killed a rebel under duress.” Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z "Right. And what's really interesting is she ended up marrying him once she healed from the accident. Not right away, but a few years after." Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z “I’m saying it’s no accident Poseidon has claimed you now. It’s a very risky gamble, but he’s in a desperate situation. He needs you.” The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z While in a refugee camp in Mozambique, Generose had lost a daughter to a domestic accident. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z But how can you have an accident lying in bed asleep? Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z “He doesn’t want to discuss my accident. Or what happened with us that summer. He wants us to act normal and like nothing happened.” We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z He was used to bizarre accidents and injuries; they were unavoidable if you attended Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry and had a knack for attracting a lot of trouble. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z The argument was on account of the accident to the two taxicabs. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z Killed in a car accident in Egypt, just before a race in the Suez Canal. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z In the two days since the accident, I’d thought about your notes a thousand times and tried at least that many times to push away the memory of your body lying in the street. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z Just before he’d arrived in Vietnam, there’d been a tragic accident in his platoon, one that everyone was still reeling from. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z Not until it was time to leave did I discover, quite by accident, how the mirror had actually been broken. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z I take a deep breath, and an image flashes before my eyes of the five young men who died in the accident. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z “I heard Papi talking about some accident with butterflies or something,” I tell her. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z “I already told you. It was an accident.” Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z Olive also had to practice a rudimentary medicine, for there were constant accidents. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z The local prosecutor’s office was told that Wick was holding his phone at the time of the accident. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z “I always meant to come back, but this morning I just seemed to get here by accident.” The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z “You are not afraid that I am in any fever, or that my head is much disordered by the accident of last night?” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z “We won’t ever talk about the accident. It’s a stupid rule, but okay. And can I just say ‘I’m sorry’ one more time? Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z He doesn’t know about the shutting down or the trouble at school beyond sophomore year because last year, after the guitar-smashing episode, I told Principal Wertz my dad was killed in a hunting accident. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z The migrant claimed that a police officer had pushed him toward the train, causing the accident. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z “Pep rallies, sports—the basketball team is all-city. Wasn’t there some kind of huge accident at their last game?” Ungifted 2012-08-21T00:00:00Z What kept the Woodmen away was a sad accident. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z When Lucas Cader was twelve years old, he had an older brother who died in a car accident. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z Suddenly he regrets having ever told Moushumi; he wonders whether she’ll proclaim the story of his father’s accident to the table as well. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Footsteps, then—a herd of them, as if Jack’s accident had caused him to duplicate. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z The doctors of Monterey—and there were enough of them to take care of the ordinary diseases, accidents and neuroses—were running crazy. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z “Your hay and your corrals might get burned by accident, too.” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z But it is a very special kind of accident. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Can any of us be expected to know the consequences of actions that feel so close to mere accident? A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z ‘He were in an accident,’ said John Roberts. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z “You don’t have to tell me more about the accident if you don’t want,” I say. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z No recent photographs, no hospital records, no death certificate, just the accident report from the state highway police: Dr. Sidney Sikes suffered a crushed leg and Samuel W. Westing had severe facial injuries. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z “No, he’s fine. He never has an accident. It was the first thing he learned.” Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z It made her think about that year of rehab after the accident: “Pick up the pen. Put it down. Walk to the door. Now come back.” Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z But if they were accidents, then it was like putting a jigsaw puzzle into a tumble dryer and having it come out with all the pieces in the right place. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z There’s some stuff I don’t understand about this accident—like why it happened and why Robbie had to die and why I didn’t die. Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z He warns me, too, not to take Linden Road or else I’ll die in a bad accident. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z We was just about to have a accident. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Ma frowns at Pa and says, “Don’t you encourage her. Have you forgotten the chicken fight episode? She said that was an accident also and now look at her face.” First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Often, in the minutes she had to herself each day as she walked from the bungalow to the house, she would reflect on the benign accidents of her life. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z In 52 percent of crashes, the pilot at the time of the accident has been awake for twelve hours or more, meaning that he is tired and not thinking sharply. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z Periods of want and hardship were not uncommon, child mortality was high, and an accident which would be minor today could easily become a death sentence. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z “Papa doesn’t have accidents,” Philbert said sometime in the night, out of nowhere. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z “I know it was an accident, but you still have to own up to it.” Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z Anyone else would have been left an invalid by that accident, but desperation gave me strength. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z “Well, it’s going to be about this real mean criminal who has a terrible accident that turns him into a superhero.” The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z For now we can get back to the accident, which wasn’t such a big thing, except that it was the last thing. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z I couldn't help thinking if she'd still been staying with us in California, the accident would have been avoided. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z These things that were happening that had never happened before...they weren’t accidents. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z It is no accident that the first highways in America were called parkways. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z Anyway, it was all an accident; I had not really intended to set the house afire. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z She had the presence of mind to set the ruined vase back down on the step before letting herself confront the significance of the accident. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Once a week, since the accident, I've gone out to Jamison. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z “Like, four years ago. I was in a sledding accident.” It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z He then talked of his own journey since the accident, which he says left him with injuries that forced him to give up his passion of being a farrier. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z At the top, it said, “The Issue: What is the appropriate charge for a defendant when he is texting on his cell phone and causes an accident that kills two individuals?” A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z It is no accident that the non-union workers in these factories receive little more consideration than the animals. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z He wavered a little when the Mellower talked about how he rescued Rita from a boating accident. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z I was thinking, at the time of the accident, I was only thinking about that message. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z “Yeah, they asked if I knew anything about an accident and you breaking your legs.” Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z Coffee burn or car accident or jumped by some stranger because he was being too Dylan in a place where that gets you hit or something too scary to even think to myself. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z “This is a new phase of my life,” Ruth said all the time in those first months after the accident. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z But on the night of the accident, it was a different sign. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z Grandpa said, “Well, the accident wasn’t the only thing I wanted to talk to you about. I’ve got something else—something I think will help us both forget a lot of things.” Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z “We need this ban to protect us from tragic accidents in the future,” insisted Xenocrates. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z “What kind of an accident? And why are they called butterflies anyhow? Don’t they have a real name?” Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z I tried to convince myself that they’d come to see me about my accident with the taxi, but that didn’t make sense. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z And so Gaylyn was left wondering whether Reggie was sincerely traumatized by the accident, and therefore couldn’t remember what had happened, or whether there was something more insidious occurring. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z And sometimes, by accident, there is a planet in the way. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z When the breeze blew, the lines would strain taut and some accident of this pull kited the bead and chest upright so that the figure seemed to peer across the brow of the mountain. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z “Do you think that if I ran him over with my truck he would stop feeling guilty about the accident? That he might give up on making amends and call it even?” Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z They stumbled over the frozen ground, Hunt wincing from gout, cursing, disbelieving; Olmsted, his teeth inflamed, his night an ordeal of wakefulness, limping from his long-ago carriage accident. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z “You couldn’t testify whether texting caused this particular accident?” he asked Dr. Strayer. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z And he and Mom ran it together until Dad’s car accident two years ago. I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980 2016-08-01T00:00:00Z “What then? Do we always just write it off as an accident?” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z “Wrong. The rule was we weren’t supposed to talk about the accident with each other. The rule doesn’t apply to anyone else.” Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z That way, it was not a lie and it let them imagine some accident, perhaps involving a heavy door. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z Thus it is no accident that our most troublesome insects are introduced species. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z He tried to explain about the accidents, about his bad luck, but each time Pastor Tom cut him off, called it evil superstition. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z George had been working at a Pier 1 furniture store in Houston before his car accident. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z No one talked much—not since the accident. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z Before the two boats had gone many feet, however, an accident happened on shore. Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z “Complete accident. We would have set off all the alarms. Big red lights the second he scanned the passports. Your mom was praying the whole time.” Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z “And then, he saved her life. Did you ever hear of that?—A water party; and by some accident she was falling overboard. He caught her.” Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z In 1651, a freak accident leaves the son of an English aristocrat with a gaping hole in his chest. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z He was a very nice man because when my mom started crying, he said that it was a very bad accident, and my Aunt Helen was definitely killed instantly. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z “I guess one of the hot ones got mixed in with the sweet by accident.” The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z “My father isn’t a soldier, but that’s because my mother was killed in the accident and there’s no one else to take care of me and my little sister.” The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z Boys tease the girls and call out, May your mother have an accident Abroad in the loo. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z “She was in that accident last April with her sister, the one where they drove off the A Street Bridge. ” All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z The accident left him bent, crippled, and in chronic pain, with a spine damaged beyond repair. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z Do you think it is so by accident? The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z ‘It’s not like the kid was just fooling with the gun and it went off by accident. Everybody who saw it said he took deliberate aim.’ The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z But as Darwin, or any bull breeder, could tell you, the breeds had not arisen by accident. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z The thing was, it wasn’t even an accident. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z I look away, feeling bad that I haven’t spoken to him since the accident. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z He was killed in a motorcycle accident when he was nineteen and she fifteen. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z "It just happened, that's the dumb part. It's not like there was some disease, or a terrible accident or anything." Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z I wonder if she created this journey for us on purpose or by accident—regardless, it’s the most fun I’ve had since the last time I spent hours behind the wheel of a minivan. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z Tell me again about the day after the accident, I said. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z Like at my fifth-grade school, when we went to the Saratoga battlefield, I had this accident with a Revolutionary War cannon. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z “Why do you think I used it? I am not profane by accident. Aron, your father has been living for this.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z “I was thinking about you . . . and the accident.” A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z And yet there were still accidents, despite everything. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z Horrified and unable to help from the ground where they waited, the pilots of the Rodina had to watch the terrible accident happen. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z Before I can tell him it was an accident, he is on his feet. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Four days after the carriage accident, Lincoln walked from the White House to Seward’s big brick mansion nearby to check on Seward. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z His left leg was permanently damaged from an accident eleven years before, when a trolley crashed into his horse-drawn carriage. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z Rowan looked to Citra, who still stood in the doorway of the weapons den, frozen like a bystander at an accident. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z When he was done, I recited the second blessing and the prayer that thanks God when a serious accident has been avoided. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z It’s like the people in cars, on the highway, who slow down and look out the window when there’s a car accident by the side of the road. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z That all they said was there was an accident. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z Kaylene now had to have a direct, possibly tough talk about it with Terryl, who, remarkably enough, had just had her own harrowing driving accident. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z The end came, it seemed, almost by accident. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z He bought us Pringles and Peanut M&Ms for dinner from the hospital vending machines, and my sister and I told the police it was an accident. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z I asked, thinking of my own little accident. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z “But she was in the car because of me! Because I forgot my trombone! If I hadn’t forgotten my stuff, she wouldn’t have gotten into an accident! It’s my fault, Isabel! She could have died!” Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z “I didn’t graduate. I missed too much school after the accident.” We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z He’d gotten through the rest of the day avoiding Harry and the others, though they probably knew better than to risk causing him another “accident” so soon after nearly getting caught by Miss Kwan. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z An accident, reported in the press, had caused Trude minor injuries. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z The old marks of accidents and bad food and childhood illnesses all washed away. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z Or bring them closer, either by design or accident? Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z “It was an accident. An unfortunate accident. Surely you realize I didn’t mean to hurt you. I didn’t mean to!” The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z A whole year has passed since the accident. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z “We all said it was an accident, just happened during their fight. Even Jimmy said that.” We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z If the human race came close to a major biological accident, we never knew it. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Passenger Locke Jenkins, also 16, died two weeks after the accident without regaining consciousness. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z A few days later, Leila mustered the courage to return to the scene of the accident. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z “There was an accident, the baby is gone,” she said. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z “Well, I mean, that alarm thing was partly an accident. Kind of.” Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z Men shot women, women shot men, and children shot one another by accident. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z She could hear her Dad saying how much he had lost by not keeping up his accident insurance until the time he broke his hip. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z It was inclined to rely on a series of accidents to achieve its object It was patient, and did not think. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z “That,” he said slowly, like a warning, “was also an accident.” The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z ‘Off the rails,’ I repeated, thinking of train accidents. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z The ride is almost peaceful, until he says, “I was thinking that, as your partner and the guy who saved your life, I should know what happened the night of the accident.” All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z So the accident didn’t happen as she was bringing me my stuff this morning! Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z “You mean like I did for Mrs. Wheeler’s accident?” Doing Time Online 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Scott Singleton's case notes show that from late March through April and into May, he hunted down who Reggie had been texting on the morning of the accident. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z Then when I was three, they got into a car accident coming back from a party. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z Up ahead on a shoulder were three white crosses marking the casualties from a recent accident. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “It’s a fact there’s a six-times greater chance of being involved in an accident,” he continued. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z “If there was a terrible accident, why does your voice sound so cheerful?” The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z Even in daylight, I saw little of his face, for he never pulled back the hood, except by accident. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z Others say she suffered from a broken heart after her childhood sweetheart and betrothed died in a freak accident. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z All his father had had to do was call in the accident on his CB. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z “Although it sure doesn’t make sense as an accident,” the Colonel said. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z But by some accident of eye and timing he beat his brother at peewee. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z “They said I was—they said they—they said Lord Asriel put me there because my mother and father died in an airship accident. That’s what they told me.” The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z Then she took a deep breath and said, “It wasn’t an accident. I pushed you.” Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z One of the first assignments to land on Katherines desk involved getting to the bottom of an accident involving a small Piper propeller plane. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z I wonder if those nurses picked up my mail by accident. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z The inmate claimed his cut was an accident, but clearly he’d been attacked. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “Yakov told me that his family died in an accident. That a cow knocked over a lantern while a neighbor was drunk. I just thought...” The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z It’s an accident, the look I give her, straight at her face. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z "You know, the ones who rubberneck at car accidents." How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Then she was in a freak accident: a teenager on the bus attacked her, throwing himself on top of her, biting and scratching until two men ran onto the bus and pulled him off. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z She had seen Bronn fight on the high road; it was no accident that he had survived the journey while other men had died. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z |
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