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collide

[kuh-lahyd] / kəˈlaɪd /


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Inside his new thriller, those themes collide under the fluorescent glare of LAX.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 3, 2026

Owono ran towards the centre circle to clear a long ball when his knee appeared to collide with De Miguel.

From BBC ● Nov. 3, 2026

When the defenders return, lives lived in parallel collide.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 3, 2026

And with so much hinging on the AI put, any loss of confidence could quickly collide with an uncertain macroeconomic backdrop, helping magnify losses across markets.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 30, 2026

It was hard to imagine that he hadn’t—my sweater was green and fuzzy, so unless his hand was expecting to collide with a Muppet or something, he should have been startled.

From "Maybe He Just Likes You" by Barbara Dee

As the rock collides with air molecules, both its surface and the surrounding gas heat up and begin to glow.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 29, 2026

So his injury risk might be lower if he collides with a kick returner.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 24, 2026

Investors face a test this week as a fresh round of corporate earnings collides with rising borrowing costs and growing questions about the economics of the AI boom.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 19, 2026

Now cruise stocks have hit their first serious bout of turbulence as growing industry capacity collides with the effects of the Iran war and some unfortunate weather, too.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026

She continues her pacing and almost collides with the coffee table.

From "A Place at the Table" by Saadia Faruqi and Laura Shovan

An Indian tourist has died after two helicopters collided while attempting to land near the base camp of Mount Everest, two officials have confirmed to the BBC.

From BBC ● Nov. 3, 2026

The scientists could also examine how the outcome changed depending on whether the oxygen nuclei collided directly or merely grazed one another.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 31, 2026

Saturday when a driver heading in the opposite direction collided with several of them, according to a social media post by Montclair police.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 25, 2026

Those jitters collided with investors getting caught off-guard in their positioning for several more Federal Reserve rate hikes, and for higher long-dated Treasury yields.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 22, 2026

Thinking himself different, he didn’t find what happened to him when he collided with Wall Street nearly as bizarre as it was.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis

Short gamma-ray bursts, or short GRBs, are believed to occur when two compact objects, such as neutron stars, spiral toward one another before colliding and merging.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 8, 2026

“The AI buildout is colliding with a grid that cannot deliver power fast enough,” Morgan Stanley’s Andrew Percoco wrote in a separate report on Tuesday.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 6, 2026

Those colliding factors have pushed up the cost of moving crude and making fuel across the supply chain, raising the price to operate everything from cars and trucks to commercial jets and farming equipment.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

Not for the first time parading, policing and power-sharing are colliding and finding the route out of this row isn't yet obvious.

From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026

“It’s humid air colliding and pushing energy upward into the clouds,” he insists.

From "Merci Suárez Changes Gears" by Meg Medina


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