benders

plural of bender

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of benders This means the choice should be somebody who, for instance, isn’t going to sound off divisively about politics, get into messy domestic disputes or start going on public benders. — James Hibberd, HollywoodReporter, 24 Oct. 2026 And as if things couldn’t be any worse, there are fewer and fewer benders born each year. — Jordan Moreau, Variety, 9 Oct. 2026 Introduced as Superman’s younger, wilder cousin, Kara prefers going on interplanetary benders to fighting for truth, justice and a better tomorrow. — Maira Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 18 Sep. 2026 There, he’s attacked by The Denied, a militia group of non-benders who feel like second-class citizens in this world seeking an old totem of a prior Avatar known as Sonam. — Wilson Chapman, IndieWire, 20 July 2026 Tube benders also use stained glass, phosphorus and mercury to create other colors. — Noelle Phillips, Denver Post, 11 Jan. 2026 In other words, Cunha’s job is to convince the Americans now running the federal government to give Brown’s motley crew of gender-benders, anti-Semites and filthy-rich legacies a good leaving alone. — Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 24 Dec. 2025 In my many decades of dealing with the city and state, this proposal ranks right up there as one of the all-time mind benders. — Donna Frye, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for benders
Noun
  • Give me the drunks, the nightclub comics, the vaudevillians, the hustlers, and the people doing three shows a night for 20 bucks and a sandwich.
    — Emma Specter, Vogue, 31 Oct. 2026
  • Lee, emerging from the dark woods beyond McMann’s cabin, gets picked up by a guy who nicknames himself the Boontill Oracle, a do-gooder who waits outside highway bars to give safe rides to local drunks.
    — Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 22 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • But 15 years is a long time to wait for a company to fork over the goods, and data centers are hardly known for going on long-term hiring sprees.
    — Sara Herschander, Vox, 5 Nov. 2026
  • Last weekend, more than 2,700 people were arrested during protests that later turned into riots and looting sprees.
    — James Cirrone , Brittany Miller, FOXNews.com, 24 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • As Netflix builds its library of shows, live events bring people back to the service and keep them signed up between binges.
    — Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 21 Oct. 2026
  • What had started as regular media binges in college had spiraled out of control.
    — Allison Parshall, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2026

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“Benders.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/benders. Accessed 14 Nov. 2026.

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