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The phrase 'found by accident' is correct and usable in written English.
You can use this phrase to describe a situation where something was stumbled upon without intention or effort. For example, "I found the remote control I had been looking for but it was only found by accident, behind the sofa."
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Skeletal remains are often found by accident.
Most are found by accident by hikers or if the wind is in the right direction.
Her carcinoid tumor was found by accident, and it was just one centimeter in diameter.
"The equipment was found by accident," said Dave Bias, vice president of Impossible America Corporation.
The Trinity, lost for hundreds of years, was found by accident in the mid-19th century, almost intact.
Some objects of this type were found by accident, but many were detected as a result of carefully planned searches.
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It wasn't called that, quite, but this True Stories (More4) was one of those quite glorious things you find by accident, and watch with dropped jaw.
Programmes I do want to watch I often find by accident - old films I first saw 50 years ago, or programmes on in the early hours of the morning.
"I don't even want to think about what would have happened to me if I had stayed there". Pedro's Judo Center isn't the kind of place you'd find by accident, hidden as it is behind a concrete company and an abandoned rail spur on the edge of a city settled more than a century before the American revolution.
If you found CrunchGear.com by accident, feel free to stick around.
Most lumps are found by women, often by accident.
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