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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

Black holes are known for merging when two of them collide, but could the reverse ever happen?

From Science Daily ● 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

The Americas are still inching westward and will eventually collide with Japan.

From "Dreaming in Cuban" by Cristina García

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

Stock futures are mixed as techno-optimism collides with macroeconomic angst.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026

Nansi switches gears, opens his palm, and shoots a glowing green burst of energy that collides into Ama’s mystical shield.

From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer

According to the Southlake Police Department, Rycroft allegedly collided with a Southlake Fire Department ambulance that was sitting at a stop sign just before 6 p.m.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 4, 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

Two high-speed trains have collided in Spain just south of the capital Madrid on Wednesday morning.

From BBC ● Oct. 28, 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

“They’ll claim they had behavior problems or collided to make it up.”

From "Three Little Words: A Memoir" by Ashley Rhodes-Courter

Even more puzzling, astronomers have not reliably identified a pair of supermassive black holes orbiting extremely close together, despite abundant evidence of colliding galaxies.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 18, 2026

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

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 17, 2026

Fletcher fractured his skull when colliding with concrete barriers next to the pitch at Bath City's ground, and was forced to retire in 2024.

From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2026

A niche corner of the derivatives world is colliding with the universe of excahnge-traded funds.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 18, 2026

They were playing basketball, and Eleanor caught the ball, colliding with one of Tina's friends, a jumpy, wiry girl named Annette.

From "Eleanor & Park" by Rainbow Rowell


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