collide with
Example Sentences
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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
During especially powerful events, these particles collide with atmospheric gases and create carbon 14 compounds that spread around the globe and become trapped inside living organisms.
From Science Daily • 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
Instead, most bats flew like an arrow directly across the road at a height at which they would collide with vehicles.
From Slate • Apr. 28, 2026
He held out one hand before him although there was nothing on that salt heath to collide with.
From "The Road" by Cormac McCarthy
