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collide

[kuh-lahyd] / kəˈlaɪd /


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These trends collide with longstanding financial advice for 20- and 30-somethings: Sock away funds for a down payment and buy a house, both as a place to live and as your main source of wealth.

From MarketWatch Sep. 16, 2026

Powerful winds break up the ice cover, causing individual floes to move, drift, and collide with one another.

From Science Daily Sep. 14, 2026

When those two instincts collide, it’s bound to be complex and conflicting, and Greengrass delivers that with a boots-on-the-ground style.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 11, 2026

The campus green they inhabit is a febrile zone in which lofty ideals and cynicism regularly collide.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 2, 2026

We are all dressed in down jackets and vests, so we collide and roll like bumper cars at the state fair.

From "Speak" by Laurie Halse Anderson

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

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 11, 2026

What will happen when a SpaceX rocket collides with the Moon?

From BBC Aug. 5, 2026

When a large meteor collides with Earth, it produces intense heat that melts surrounding rock.

From Science Daily Apr. 3, 2026

In an era when pressure is always mounting and global chaos consistently collides with personal crises, being an active participant in our own lives feels utterly exhausting.

From Salon Feb. 18, 2026

Addie almost collides with her and I do a quick study of the two of them, both tall with big bones and their hair cut short almost the same way.

From "The Misfits" by James Howe

According to this idea, a Mars-sized body called Theia collided with the early Earth.

From Science Daily Sep. 11, 2026

Copper prices climbed to fresh records on U.S. and UK exchanges as distortions to trade flows due to concerns over potential U.S. tariffs collided with supply challenges at key mines worldwide.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 10, 2026

So defensive back Kennedy Urlacher came flying into the backfield and collided into Bulldogs quarterback Jayden Mandal, who fell out of the back of the end zone for a safety.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 5, 2026

The captain of an oil tanker that collided with a cargo ship which sank off Istanbul leaving 10 missing has been arrested along with his third-in-command on charges of negligent homicide, prosecutors said Friday.

From Barron's Sep. 4, 2026

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

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

Red Bull's Liam Lawson took sixth, ahead of Alpine's Franco Colapinto and McLaren's Oscar Piastri, delayed by a front wing issue after colliding with Russell on the first lap.

From BBC Sep. 13, 2026

"When you simulate the Earth and the Moon as colliding bodies with geologic properties, it changes how the Moon forms out of that impact - that's something we considered unnecessary before."

From Science Daily Sep. 11, 2026

So we potentially have three trends colliding at once: Aging, plus GLP-1 weight loss, plus a growing willingness to spend on aesthetics.

From MarketWatch Sep. 5, 2026

A Turkish cargo ship sank in the Marmara Sea near Istanbul after colliding with a second vessel, with rescuers searching for its 10 crew members, Turkish officials said Wednesday.

From Barron's Sep. 2, 2026

Satellites moved in straight paths in the cloudless sky, like ships passing each other without ever colliding.

From "Healer of the Water Monster" by Brian Young




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