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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
rear-end .
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Examples
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And stop signs every block along a main road that we seemed to be the only people stopping at, nearly getting rear-ended a couple of times?
What I did on the weekend -- Part 2: How do you say "Curse you, Mapquest!" in French? alison 2010
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Some Portland motorists got rear-ended by Mayor Creepy -- literally -- at Jantzen Beach this evening.
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Should you get rear-ended you have to replace body parts.
Me & My Car 2012
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He was saved when the driver of the vehicle rear-ended a yellow taxi at corner of 10th Avenue and Dyckman Street in Inwood, near the exit ramp from the Harlem River Drive, at about 9:10 a.m.
Man in Trunk Is Identified; Driver Sought Tamer El-Ghobashy 2011
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After our conversation, I thought back to the last time I rear-ended someone because of my lapse in attention.
Suhag A. Shukla, Esq.: The Dharma Of An Apology Esq. Suhag A. Shukla 2011
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Gelman sped away in his mom's car to another part of Brooklyn, where he rear-ended a Pontiac, then stabbed the driver when he confronted Gelman about the crash, police said.
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Ford Motor Co. is by most reckoning on track towards a level of reliability that rivals Honda -- but they have to sell those cars to an audience where some are old enough to remember Ford Pintos exploding into flames when rear-ended.
Nicholas Carroll: The Broken Covenant Between Rich and Middle Class Nicholas Carroll 2011
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The government said a preliminary inquiry into Saturday's crash indicated that a lightning strike had caused one train to lose power, and that the second train then rear-ended it.
Beijing Calls for Train-Crash Probe Norihiko Shirouzu 2011
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Ford Motor Co. is by most reckoning on track towards a level of reliability that rivals Honda -- but they have to sell those cars to an audience where some are old enough to remember Ford Pintos exploding into flames when rear-ended.
Nicholas Carroll: The Broken Covenant Between Rich and Middle Class Nicholas Carroll 2011
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After our conversation, I thought back to the last time I rear-ended someone because of my lapse in attention.
Suhag A. Shukla, Esq.: The Dharma Of An Apology Esq. Suhag A. Shukla 2011
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