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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

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

From Washington Times • Aug. 13, 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

The call about the homeless man in the foyer came several minutes after a minor car accident at 13th Street and First Avenue and the call from the skateboarder — “My back hurts!” he shouted.

From New York Times • Apr. 12, 2011

The world number one has been in hiding since the tawdry revelations about his personal life erupted after a minor car accident in the middle of the night outside his Florida home in November.

From Reuters • Feb. 18, 2010




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