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bender

[ben-der] / ˈbɛn dər /
NOUN
binge
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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

A fender bender that would be a simple fix on a traditional vehicle could require an expensive and lengthy repair on an EV to mend the battery and recalibrate the car and its sensors.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 28, 2025

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

He was rough around the edges, a football player, the guy who’d made fun of her car in the church parking lot after she’d gotten in a fender bender.

From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel

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

For non-priority calls — like fender benders or stolen cars where no one is in danger — the Times-Picayune reported that the average response time is two and a half hours.

From Washington Times Sep. 26, 2022

He was fighting in his own country, hundreds of miles within his own benders, against an aggression which he had not provoked.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White




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