fender bender
Example Sentences
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The built-in advertisement for Warner Bros.'s 100th anniversary, introduced by Morgan Freeman and Margot Robbie a bit later, felt like another fender bender.
From Washington Post
So much for the urban brotherhood of man: In “Crash,” there’s no getting through a fender bender, casual conversation, business transaction, phone call to mom or naked love romp without someone’s ancestry taking a nasty beating.
From Los Angeles Times
Major collisions wreak havoc for hours, and any fender bender or flat tire brings backups.
From Washington Post
Police dispatch recordings show that the officers were told, and acknowledged, that Ghaisar was the victim in the fender bender, but both officers said in their proffers in 2019 that they didn’t know that.
From Washington Post
Court records show that Ghaisar had been smoking marijuana as he headed south down the George Washington Memorial Parkway from McLean, and then drove away from a fender bender in Alexandria in which his Jeep stopped and was struck from behind by a Toyota Corolla.
From Washington Post
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