bender
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But Mascaro’s style is too realistic to take us on a goofy psychotropic bender.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 3, 2026
And this latest fender bender might be the one that finally illuminates dashboard warning lights for those bosses who have always so hastily turned to Woods in the past.
From BBC ● Mar. 30, 2026
The damage included shooting down one of our own fighter jets and a carrier fender bender with a civilian ship.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 23, 2026
Then, when I departed said strip mall and made a left-hand turn across four lanes of traffic, I hit another car—it was worse than a fender bender, but no one was hurt.
From Slate ● May 12, 2024
Another year of missing all the normal teenagery things—learner’s permit, first kiss, prom, first heartbreak, first fender bender.
From "Everything, Everything" by Nicola Yoon
The vehicles still had relatively few incidents, and most were fender benders.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 3, 2026
With the number of neon benders dwindling, those who remain form a small, tightknit community.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
Eventually he finds his Earth Kingdom teacher, Toph, a blind young woman who is also one of the world’s greatest benders.
From Salon ● Jul. 8, 2026
He noted that the reports may omit more minor crashes, including fender benders.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 15, 2022
Tonight the dispatcher was reporting a couple of minor fender benders and a local boy who went missing on his bicycle during the electrical storm.
From "Hoot" by Carl Hiaasen
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