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collide

[kuh-lahyd] / kəˈlaɪd /


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All four of the collider's major research collaborations, ALICE, ATLAS, CMS and LHCb, have now reported signs that this primordial form of matter can emerge when oxygen and neon nuclei collide.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 3, 2026

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

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 3, 2026

When the defenders return, lives lived in parallel collide.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 3, 2026

The plan comes as Anthropic’s plans for a major initial public offering collide with public discontent around AI.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 19, 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

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

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

A maximalist salon collides with a backstage circus dressing room in the Silver Lake apartment of stylist Wendi Weger, whose delightful fusion of art and fashion is behind the Curatorial Dept. in Atwater Village.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026

Yet drug development is also where AI collides with the stubborn reality of human biology.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 12, 2026

“Well, I’m getting ice cream,” I say, moving toward the stairs, and Bieber collides with my legs in his eagerness to follow.

From "Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda" by Becky Albertalli

During the crash, his brown Maserati convertible collided with an unoccupied Tesla, according to the criminal complaint filed in July.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 4, 2026

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

The accident happened when a high-speed train travelling from Madrid to the south of the country collided with another train that was apparently stationary.

From BBC ● Oct. 28, 2026

And so it was no particular reflection on Greg Lippmann that, upon entering Steve Eisman’s office, he collided with a wall of suspicion.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis

After colliding with the FC Andorra goalkeeper, De Miguel lay motionless on the pitch while being treated by medical staff and was taken to hospital, where the father-of-one died at 07:00 GMT on Tuesday.

From BBC ● Nov. 5, 2026

Their demands, however, are colliding with the financial realities of a cash-strapped French state.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 17, 2026

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

They could not dress more than twenty ships abreast, lest they risk tangling their oars and colliding with each other.

From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin


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