car crash
Britishnoun
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a collision between motor vehicles
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informal something or someone that has suffered ruin or calamity
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“The Daily Show” writer Kevin Bleyer died in a car crash on Sunday.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026
First, it’s an old-fashioned love story with a fantastical twist: Lively’s character dies in a car crash but is revived when she’s struck by lightning, only to stop aging forever.
From Salon ● Oct. 26, 2026
Donna Davies has worked in the shop for several years and said the car crash was "scary"
From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026
All technological advancement has a down side, after we made the first car we saw the first car crash, “but we didn’t ban cars—we adopted speed limits.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026
Like telling a boy who saw his father die in a car crash that the man he missed so much was still alive.
From "Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel" by Harlan Coben
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