collide
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Inside his new thriller, those themes collide under the fluorescent glare of LAX.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 3, 2026
Owono ran towards the centre circle to clear a long ball when his knee appeared to collide with De Miguel.
From BBC ● Nov. 3, 2026
As galaxies interact and collide, some stars are pulled away from their original galaxies and spread throughout the cluster.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 13, 2026
Political leaders collide with reality sooner or later, and new British Prime Minister Andy Burnham’s first collision arrived this week.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026
They collide, enfold, lose their balance, and slam against a wall, where they stay.
From "Mockingjay" by Suzanne Collins
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As the rock collides with air molecules, both its surface and the surrounding gas heat up and begin to glow.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 29, 2026
Investors face a test this week as a fresh round of corporate earnings collides with rising borrowing costs and growing questions about the economics of the AI boom.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 19, 2026
A maximalist salon collides with a backstage circus dressing room in the Silver Lake apartment of stylist Wendi Weger, whose delightful fusion of art and fashion is behind the Curatorial Dept. in Atwater Village.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026
What will happen when a SpaceX rocket collides with the Moon?
From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2026
She continues her pacing and almost collides with the coffee table.
From "A Place at the Table" by Saadia Faruqi and Laura Shovan
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The scientists could also examine how the outcome changed depending on whether the oxygen nuclei collided directly or merely grazed one another.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 31, 2026
The accident happened when a high-speed train travelling from Madrid to the south of the country collided with another train that was apparently stationary.
From BBC ● Oct. 28, 2026
As if Albon was not already having a rough season, to top it he incurred the wrath of Fernando Alonso in Austin after the two collided on the first lap, leaving both with damaged cars.
From BBC ● Oct. 27, 2026
Saturday when a driver heading in the opposite direction collided with several of them, according to a social media post by Montclair police.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 25, 2026
At every turn, Shirley collided with her mother.
From "In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson" by Bette Bao Lord
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Even more puzzling, astronomers have not reliably identified a pair of supermassive black holes orbiting extremely close together, despite abundant evidence of colliding galaxies.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 18, 2026
Their demands, however, are colliding with the financial realities of a cash-strapped French state.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 17, 2026
“The AI buildout is colliding with a grid that cannot deliver power fast enough,” Morgan Stanley’s Andrew Percoco wrote in a separate report on Tuesday.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 6, 2026
Not for the first time parading, policing and power-sharing are colliding and finding the route out of this row isn't yet obvious.
From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026
I run to Will, our bodies colliding, our feet giving way as we tumble to the ice, laughing as we land together.
From "Five Feet Apart" by Rachael Lippincott
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