bender
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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
Jacy is fascinated by his work — he jokingly calls himself a tube bender, but he’s a neon artist, making and restoring signs and other objects from “heat and light.”
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 4, 2023
Some little boy is thinking about a fender bender his mom was in, and remembering it makes him scared all over again.
From "Clairboyance" by Kristiana Kahakauwila
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
Across Los Angeles, studio denizens accustomed to providing all-hours access for musicians on creative benders have been wandering hallways and pondering ways to deafen the silence.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 4, 2020
They'd built shelters known as benders from the branches of hazel and willow trees dug into the ground and curved to form arches.
From BBC ● Feb. 23, 2020
Uber faces many lawsuits, over issues ranging from fender benders to wage disputes to more-serious incidents.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 14, 2019
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
