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collision

[kuh-lizh-uhn] / kəˈlɪʒ ən /


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Rather than spreading evenly in every direction, particles emerge in patterns influenced by the conditions inside the material created during the collision.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 3, 2026

In some areas, such as collision repair and auto refinishing, that figure is even higher, at 19%.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 2, 2026

There was another safety car with 12 laps to go when Arvid Lindblad crashed his Racing Bulls after a collision with McLaren's Oscar Piastri.

From BBC ● Nov. 1, 2026

The collision occurred around 11:30 p.m. near Woodman Avenue and Bessemer Street in Valley Glen.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 1, 2026

My conception was still weeks away, but already my parents had begun their slow collision into each other.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides

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

The previous year, LHC researchers had also reported the first hints of this plasma emerging from oxygen–oxygen collisions.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 3, 2026

This distinctive pattern provides another potential indication that the extreme matter of the early universe is being recreated in oxygen collisions.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 3, 2026

That is precisely the kind of behavior scientists would expect if larger collisions produce greater volumes of plasma, causing particles to lose more energy as they pass through it.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 3, 2026

Burned-out groundcars were everywhere, choking the streets out of town, twisted together in the collisions of the Rusties’ last panic.

From "Uglies" by Scott Westerfeld


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