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
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
Jane, a 32-year-old Londoner whose name has been changed on request, said she would go on "trading benders" that lasted three to four days, which convinced her partner that she was having an affair.
From BBC ● Feb. 4, 2023
This is not just another of his verbal fender benders.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 2, 2022
A hiker had fainted or fallen or some such thing, which had caused several fender benders, backing up traffic for miles.
From "A Tangle of Knots" by Lisa Graff
