fender bender

Example Sentences

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Authorities said Hayes, 34, hit Smith’s sport utility vehicle with his car following a fender bender moments before.

From Seattle Times

A fender bender is believed to have led to the death of a Bronx man, according to the New York Police Department.

From Fox News

“At worst it would have been a fender bender, and most likely it would have been a clean miss.”

From Seattle Times

The company also can differentiate itself by doing online software updates so that customers understand how their vehicle is changing, and it needs to keep service customers so if they have a fender bender or a problem develops in four or five years, they can stay within a simple Ford system, Farley said.

From Seattle Times

I only drove at extremely low speeds, so that any collisions with other vehicles would result in no more than a fender bender, and stuck to places that had little to no pedestrian traffic.

From Slate