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
What may have once been a simple fender bender has “turned into a major claim,” he said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 17, 2024
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
All told, that little fender bender cost me four sols.
From "The Martian" by Andy Weir
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
Last year, Kinigstein managed to avoid any fender benders while driving to my house.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 15, 2023
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
Uber faces many lawsuits, over issues ranging from fender benders to wage disputes to more-serious incidents.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 14, 2019
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
