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incident(noun, verb, action, break, event)
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chance(noun, verb, break, blow, case)
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event(noun, form, action, break, time)
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occurrence(noun, verb, form, action, break)
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possibility(noun, case, uncertainty, opening, chance)
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occasion(noun, form, action, break, time)
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circumstance(noun, form, action, fix, event)
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crisis(noun, state, action, change, fix)
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probability(noun, break, time, event, case)
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eventuality(noun, form, fix, pass, position)
11
happening(noun, verb, action, break, time)
11
likelihood(noun, break, case, opening, chance)
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fortuity(noun, action, break, time, event)
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emergency(noun, state, trouble, change, fix)
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accident(noun, action, break, event, cause)
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exigency(noun, state, action, trouble, change)
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juncture(noun, form, state, action, break)
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hazard(noun, break, hit, uncertainty, lot)
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pass(noun, form, state, break, trouble)
6
case(noun, action, event, cause, position)
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