collision
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Migrating gray whales and ships are on a collision course in the San Francisco Bay, with at least seven whales dead so far this year—many from vessels—after 21 fatalities in 2025.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 19, 2026
However the referee ruled that Chambon had strayed high in the latter collision, reducing France to 14 for the remainder of the match.
From BBC • May 17, 2026
According to this interpretation, the force of the collision pushed land outward into the Northern Hemisphere, creating Hell as a giant crater reaching upward from below.
From Science Daily • May 11, 2026
Conflicts in the Middle East are increasing dangers for whales off South Africa by shifting sea traffic into their habitats and heightening the risks of collision, researchers told AFP.
From Barron's • May 11, 2026
The island, low and often swampy, is created by the collision of the Amazon with the sea, which forces the river to disgorge dissolved sediments.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
Vocabulary lists containing collision
Conservation of Energy and Energy Transfer - Introductory
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Force and Motion (Mechanics) - Middle School
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Force and Motion (Mechanics) - Introductory
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