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We've both got flat batteries, but we've still got to drive the car somehow.

Tuero would retire due to a flat battery later in the race.

For mobile phone users, a flat battery or a lost charger are among the frustrations of modern life.

Pole-sitter Clark suffered a flat battery and so required a push start to get his engine going.

He led me to his house and in a few minutes I had diagnosed the trouble - a flat battery.

It had a lump embossed in one end: a chip and a tiny flat battery.

Thus, the Germans take the flat battery with them, thinking it is the new one.

An inquest has been told that a plane crashed because it had a flat battery.

However, there was a slight delay, as the coach had a flat battery caused by the lights being left on overnight.

Usually it's a flat battery or an evasive passport.