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minor car accident

NOUN
fender bender


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Allegedly, Heche had another minor car accident earlier on Friday, crashing into a wall in an apartment complex, but drove away from that crash.

From Salon ● Aug. 8, 2022

In 1995, Elizabeth Knox’s 7-year-old daughter, Alison, was riding in the front seat of her father’s car when, after a minor car accident, the passenger airbag hit her like a sack of cement.

From New York Times ● Dec. 19, 2019

Being tackled by that large man I would compare to a minor car accident.

From Reuters ● Dec. 18, 2015

Circle Bear was being held in the Brown County Jail on a bond violation following a minor car accident when she was found unresponsive in her cell July 5.

From Washington Times ● Aug. 14, 2015

He and Adnan had chatted amiably after coming to advise Hae after she got in a minor car accident the month before her murder—no hotheads, no jealousy, nothing untoward.

From The New Yorker ● Dec. 18, 2014


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