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In this work, we construct novel accelerating black hole solutions in higher derivative theories of gravity, focusing on an effective field theory extension of General Relativity that includes both odd-parity and even-parity terms up to six derivatives in the expansion. Unlike the case of rotating black holes, where corrections to the geometry generically fail to truncate, we find closed form expressions of the corrections which are polynomial in both the radial and angular coordinates, up to order six. We further show that additional gauge freedom is available, though the overall form of the solution remains unchanged. Interestingly, the odd-parity correction term induces rotation. We compute the corresponding thermodynamic quantities and verify the first law and comment on several of the subtleties along the way. We find that the odd-parity terms leave the thermodynamics uncorrected at first order, while the even-parity terms induce non-trivial corrections. These results offer insight on how the thermodynamics of black holes with conical defects are modified beyond General Relativity.