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collision

[kuh-lizh-uhn] / kəˈlɪʒ ən /


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It’s a way to get through the day, but it’s not sustainable, and everyone is on a collision course with reality.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 6, 2026

The helicopter company said one of its vehicles was involved in the collision and that another passenger and the helicopter's captain had been injured.

From BBC ● Nov. 3, 2026

However, the collision also produced results that scientists are still trying to fully explain.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 3, 2026

Alito and other conservatives noted that the litigation is the latest in a series of cases from Colorado involving a collision between pro-LGBTQ policies and individuals with traditional beliefs.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 3, 2026

Chapter 18 returns to the problem introduced in Chapter 3, the collision between European and Native American peoples.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond

So in this experiment, particles were smashed together at high energy and scientists studied the material that was thrown out - the shrapnel of collisions.

From BBC ● Nov. 3, 2026

LHCb also reported preliminary evidence of similar behavior, this time using data from proton–oxygen and oxygen–oxygen collisions.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 3, 2026

Together, these observations add another piece to the growing body of evidence that primordial plasma can emerge in nuclear collisions much smaller than those traditionally used to study it.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 3, 2026

The researchers identified the effect by comparing oxygen–oxygen and neon–neon collisions.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 3, 2026

At the foot of the street was another circle, around which cars traveled slowly, with a steady chorus of horns and many near collisions.

From "Homecoming" by Cynthia Voigt


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