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accidents will happen

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accidents will happen
something that you say in order to make someone feel less guilty when they have just damaged something that does not belong to them. Oh well, accidents will happen. I can always buy another bowl.
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It is very seldom that anything happens to break the harmony of the proceedings, though, of course, accidents will happen everywhere.
 
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