fender

Example Sentences

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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

Wright might never surf the fender of a moving train, but he’s nailed how to make audiences see the churn inside a stubborn literature professor who buries his emotions under concrete.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 7, 2024

Then he gave instructions that the open car wasn't to be taken out under any circumstances--and this was strange because the front right fender needed repair.

From " The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald