oncoming
Example Sentences
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Running away from oncoming rushers, Guess threw the ball back against his body — something most coaches advise against — and found heavily recruited senior wideout Gavin Honore at the one-yard line.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 12, 2026
The light faded quickly and batting became about surviving to the oncoming close.
From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026
The couple's car collided with an oncoming truck while overtaking another vehicle on Monday afternoon, said Nicolas Leclainche, the deputy public prosecutor in Niort in the Deux-Sevres department.
From Barron's ● Aug. 18, 2026
The Tesla’s cameras can see jaywalkers before I do, oncoming headlights don’t blind it, and the car reacts faster than I can.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026
Ice-cold air hit them like an oncoming wind: Yaxley, confused, looked around for the source of the trouble and saw Harry’s disembodied hand and wand pointing at him.
From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling
