fender bender

Example Sentences

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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

“A fender bender in the past didn’t have all the sensors and cameras.”

From Seattle Times

Waymo provides customers with a list of frequently asked questions after they enroll with the service that provides basic information about their ride, but the company declined to answer specifics about what a passenger should do if they’re involved in a fender bender while riding in one of Waymo’s autonomous vehicles.

From Los Angeles Times

On the last day of his life, Jonathan Mauk got into a fender bender in the parking lot of the Walmart in Highland, an accident that would otherwise be of little consequence.

From Los Angeles Times

“This is a case of a fender bender immediately escalating to hateful language and then brutal, deadly violence,” Katz said in a news release.

From Seattle Times