flat tire
Example Sentences
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It's not like you can drive your car down the road, get a flat tire, pull over, fix it and keep going.
From Barron's • Apr. 10, 2026
We also help each other out if anything goes wrong—a flat tire or something.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 12, 2025
I can’t touch the clot in a patient’s coronary, or see their stroke in the same way I can see a flat tire.
From Salon • May 20, 2025
In Danville, Ky., we once bought rain boots while waiting for a flat tire to be fixed.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 16, 2024
He couldn’t leave the bike and run—he needed that bike—and he couldn’t ride on the flat tire, so he threw the bike over his shoulders and started jogging.
From "Zeitoun" by Dave Eggers
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