collision course
Example Sentences
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"He could, and should, have acted differently" when his ship was on "an obvious collision course" with the tanker, Little told the trial.
From Barron's • Feb. 2, 2026
European and American mores on speech are on a collision course.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 21, 2026
England and Ireland would also be kept apart from each other until the semis, while the Springboks and All Blacks would be on a quarter-final collision course, ensuring one would fall before the last four.
From BBC • Dec. 3, 2025
Just as the parade reaches City Hall, another parade is on a slow-motion collision course with our own.
From Salon • Nov. 8, 2025
It was a delusion that would put me on a collision course with reality at the US Secret Classic meet the following July.
From "Courage to Soar" by Simone Biles
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
