oncoming

Example Sentences

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A train run by private company Iryo derailed last Sunday and its rear carriages crossed on to the opposite track into the path of an oncoming train run by state-owned Renfe.

From BBC

One that led straight into the oncoming wave.

From Literature

More than 120 people were injured when carriages on a Madrid-bound train derailed and crossed over to the opposite tracks, hitting an oncoming train in Adamuz on Sunday evening.

From BBC

It then collided with an oncoming train travelling from south Madrid to Huelva, which was forced into an embankment running alongside the track, Spain's Transport Minister Óscar Puente said on Sunday.

From BBC

Consider this: A survey asking consumers what they expect the economy to look like six months from now has been below the threshold that signals an oncoming recession for the 11th month in a row.

From MarketWatch