collide
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"Most of those don't collide with anything, most of the time," Matthew Archer, deputy director for launch and space domain awareness at the UK Space Agency told AFP on a visit to the observatory.
From Barron's ● Aug. 7, 2026
The 2015 “Secret Wars” story featured some plotting by Doctor Doom and saw multiverses collide, be destroyed and merge.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 2026
“As student loan payments collide with other financial obligations, borrowers are taking a harder look at the true return on their educational investment.”
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 29, 2026
She said some birds do not die instantly when shot and instead get startled in the dark and collide with things, but Pellen said that was "not true at all".
From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2026
I don’t even feel pain when I collide with it.
From "Insurgent" by Veronica Roth
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Either way, production collides with weak domestic demand—held back by low confidence, near-zero inflation and the housing bust.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026
At 1-1, Roberto Carlos' seemingly harmless cross was lofted high into the Hampden Park sky, destined to drop where D and penalty box chalk collides.
From BBC ● May 28, 2026
When a large meteor collides with Earth, it produces intense heat that melts surrounding rock.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 3, 2026
That concern deserves consideration—until it collides with the reality of how licensed treatment actually functions.
From Slate ● Mar. 11, 2026
She continues her pacing and almost collides with the coffee table.
From "A Place at the Table" by Saadia Faruqi and Laura Shovan
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In that crash, which claimed 67 lives, an Army Black Hawk helicopter collided with an American Airlines regional jet cleared to land at the airport.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026
Bild newspaper reported that another cargo plane later collided with an unknown object in mid-air shortly after taking off from Leipzig airport last night.
From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2026
One aircraft that had to abort its scheduled landing at Leipzig-Halle airport then collided mid-air with an unknown object nearby but later landed safely elsewhere, a government spokesman said.
From Barron's ● Aug. 5, 2026
Until, that is, the predawn hours Sunday when Bader’s scooter collided with the back of a fire engine.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 2026
“Thinks he’s something special today, doesn’t he?” said a snide voice, and Harry was nearly knocked off his broom as Harper collided with him hard and deliberately.
From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling
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It is a positioning problem colliding with a macro shock.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 13, 2026
Just days before the JetBlue incident, a United Airlines pilot reported nearly colliding with a drone while approaching Newark Liberty International Airport in New Jersey.
From BBC ● Jun. 29, 2026
Wall Street’s race to deploy artificial intelligence is colliding with executives’ fears of upending their workforces and the well-trod path to finding the next masters of the universe.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 18, 2026
Mark, were you able to roll with Indy suddenly colliding with Area 51 mythology, or did Spielberg lose you at that point?
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 11, 2026
He spread his legs a little wider and pressed his feet down firmly, because he feared that if he didn’t he might find himself reeling, colliding with her.
From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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