body shop
(US, automotive) A workshop in which damage to the bodywork of cars is repaired.
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A Massachusetts brewery turned an old barn, a former auto body shop and a mill building into thriving taprooms — and it's still growing
The Auto(nomous) Body Shop launched the Caravan Fund as a way to help patients cover the costs of reproductive health services ranging from abortion to post-partum care and more...
🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #KEXP's #MorningShow Body Shop: 🎵 Exit Drill #BodyShop ▶️ 🪄 Automagic 🔊 show 📻 playlist on Spotify ▶️ Song on #Spotify:
I have a great uncle who dropped out of high school in the 50s and ended up owning an auto body shop but even in 1990 it was understood that this was just not a thing you could do anymore.
“Exit Drill” Body Shop — Sex Body (2026)
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(US, automotive) A workshop in which damage to the bodywork of cars is repaired.
Flouting employment discrimination laws, unethical body shops blatantly advertise in US publications for jobs that clearly target foreign nationals.
“A Massachusetts brewery turned an old barn, a former auto body shop and a mill building into thriving taprooms — and it's still growing”
— Bluesky· May 2026“The Auto(nomous) Body Shop launched the Caravan Fund as a way to help patients cover the costs of reproductive health services ranging from abortion to post-partum care and more...”
— Bluesky· May 2026“🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #KEXP's #MorningShow Body Shop: 🎵 Exit Drill #BodyShop ▶️ 🪄 Automagic 🔊 show 📻 playlist on Spotify ▶️ Song on #Spotify:”
— Bluesky· May 2026“I have a great uncle who dropped out of high school in the 50s and ended up owning an auto body shop but even in 1990 it was understood that this was just not a thing you could do anymore.”
— Bluesky· May 2026““Exit Drill” Body Shop — Sex Body (2026)”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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(business, _, slang) A consultancy that recruits workers (generally in information technology) in order to contract out their services on a tactical short- to mid-term basis.
Flouting employment discrimination laws, unethical body shops blatantly advertise in US publications for jobs that clearly target foreign nationals.
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