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an accident waiting to happen

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a very dangerous situation in which an accident is very likely. The speed that people drive along this road, it's an accident waiting to happen.

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Under those guidelines, the proposal to build an LNG terminal at the Port of Long Beach is an accident waiting to happen. California should seek better energy options by Myown, Bry / Los Angeles Business Journal It was an accident waiting to happen, a collision between an audience who has no idea what to expect and a director who had thrown the rules of the road out the window. Crash test by Johnson, Brian D. / Take One Yale law professor Akhil Reed Amar called it ``a disastrous statute, an accident waiting to happen. SCHOLARS PRAISE SUCCESSION PLAN by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA) More results

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Under those guidelines, the proposal to build an LNG terminal at the Port of Long Beach is an accident waiting to happen.

California should seek better energy options by Myown, Bry / Los Angeles Business Journal

It was an accident waiting to happen, a collision between an audience who has no idea what to expect and a director who had thrown the rules of the road out the window.

Crash test by Johnson, Brian D. / Take One

Yale law professor Akhil Reed Amar called it ``a disastrous statute, an accident waiting to happen.

SCHOLARS PRAISE SUCCESSION PLAN by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)

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