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The crew has been linked to several robberies around the city where the suspects will get into a fender bender on purpose, then leap from their cars with masks and strip their victims of valuables, according to authorities.
—Nate Gartrell, The Mercury News, 2 Jan. 2025
Police have arrested a suspect in the fatal stabbing of a Bronx man who was a bystander following a minor fender bender.
—Elizabeth Keogh, New York Daily News, 19 July 2024
The bloody clash began when a group of people who witnessed the crash, including Gomez-Mesa, involved themselves in the disagreement sparked from the fender bender, police sources said.
—Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 3 July 2024
Her own 1996 Ford Taurus was in a fender bender in January.
—Corina Knoll, New York Times, 20 Mar. 2024
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First Known Use
circa 1962, in the meaning defined above
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“Fender bender.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fender%20bender. Accessed 18 Jan. 2025.
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