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collide

[kuh-lahyd] / kəˈlaɪd /


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“At some point the market is going to collide and prices are going to shoot up.”

From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026

"If mishandled, the two nations could collide or even come into conflict, pushing the entire China-US relationship into a highly perilous situation," he said.

From Barron's • May 14, 2026

European dance music rhythms collide with contemporary hip-hop deliveries and progressive metal bass undertones as if they were always meant to coalesce.

From Los Angeles Times • May 11, 2026

Over billions of years, galaxies can collide and merge, especially in dense clusters.

From Science Daily • May 7, 2026

It flings my legs over my head and my arms to each side, and I collide with the stone, my back pressed against it, water gushing over my face.

From "Divergent" by Veronica Roth




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