collide with
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Leaders’ visions of a once-in-a-lifetime economic opportunity collide with longtime residents’ desire to hold on to their quiet way of life.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 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
In this scenario, black holes formed from dying stars collide with each other, then merge again in dense stellar environments where stars are packed up to a million times more tightly than around our Sun.
From Science Daily • May 8, 2026
If electricity supply constraints collide with surging demand, that investment wave could add price pressures rather than relieve them.
From Barron's • Feb. 17, 2026
The rocks Dakari threw collide with it, then fall to the ground.
From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray
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