Definition of fender bender
: a minor automobile accident
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Most accidents reported have typically been fender benders caused by distracted human drivers.
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Al Naddf's death is the second homicide this year for the city's small Iraqi community. Muhammed Rahim, 17, was shot and killed in January following a fender bender.
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The incident began with a fender bender in Alexandria City which apparently happened at about 7:27 p.m. that Friday, according to Arlington communications officials who received the first 911 call.
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They're located on bumpers and side mirrors, spots that are easily hit — either in a significant accident or some minor fender benders.
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Brad Pitt was involved in a minor fender bender on the streets of L.A. The actor was part of a three-car pileup in the city on Monday.
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By Tuesday evening, steadily dropping snow about 15 miles northwest of Atlanta was forcing cars on Interstate 75 to slow considerably amid scattered fender benders.
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After the fender bender, the New York Daily News reports that Baror jumped out of his black Jeep Cherokee (which inexplicably had its sirens and lights on) with his gun out, screaming.
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Icy roads caused numerous fender benders across the state Saturday as a freezing rain fell most of the day and into the night.
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First Known Use of fender bender
circa 1962
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