sideswipe
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That's because some of the non-colliding positively charged protons are set swirling as the nuclei sideswipe one another at close to the speed of light.
From Science Daily ● May 17, 2024
On top of that, monthly economic readings are likely to be sideswipe from months by a distortion to industrial and payroll stats from labor strikes at the big U.S. automakers.
From Reuters ● Sep. 18, 2023
It’s like a game of chicken where two cars are headed toward each other, but a third car is coming in from the side trying to sideswipe one of them to prevent the collision.
From Slate ● Aug. 8, 2019
I couldn’t place it at first, the slow-swiveling sideswipe of their gazes, the way they’ll dip their heads below their own bodies and then crane smoothly upward, like a movie camera pulling focus.
From New York Times ● Jan. 28, 2016
I saw a big touring car sideswipe a Ford runabout and knock it several feet to one side on the country road.
From "Say Fellows—" Fifty Practical Talks with Boys on Life's Big Issues by Wade C. Smith
"This Accord nearly sideswipes me, then decides to play chicken with the Raptor almost hitting him," the video’s description reads.
From Fox News ● Feb. 2, 2022
Andrea Bill, associate director of the Traffic Operations and Safety Laboratory at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, said roundabouts sometimes led to more fender-benders and sideswipes, but saved people from paying a greater price.
From New York Times ● Nov. 20, 2021
About 80 percent of crashes involve sideswipes or rear-end collisions, officials said, suggesting driver confusion.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 21, 2021
Rotunno often made arguments that seemed to double as sideswipes of the #MeToo movement, while trying to insinuate that the accusers were manipulating Weinstein for personal gain.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 25, 2020
"And it has reduced accidents, and dangerous accidents, which are the sideswipes that happen. So it has worked on the safety side, but to be an operative system, it must have the public trust."
From Chicago Tribune ● Dec. 19, 2014
In addition to getting divorced after the Fox 11 job, she was later sideswiped by financial woes and a devastating health scare.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2026
Martinez said the vehicle carrying federal agents sideswiped her.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 1, 2026
But he is just as frequently sideswiped by family crises created by the disasters he married and birthed.
From Salon ● Nov. 16, 2025
In December last year, the Philippines said China's coast guard fired water cannons and "sideswiped" a government vessel during a maritime patrol near the Scarborough Shoal.
From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2025
Gunning his way up a long hill, Ralph sideswiped a metal garbage can; empty, it fell racketing down the incline.
From "Typical American" by Gish Jen
Vida ran alongside a black horse named Quaker that could be seen sideswiping a taxi as it turned into oncoming traffic after running through a red light at an intersection.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 25, 2024
Video posted to social media at the time appeared to show a Russian military vehicle sideswiping an American vehicle while at least two Russian helicopters flew overhead.
From Washington Times ● Jun. 15, 2023
Two pickup trucks involved in the incident were pushed left toward the median, with one sideswiping the patrol vehicle and striking the Toyota, according to authorities.
From Fox News ● Dec. 2, 2021
The storm rolled to the northeast, sideswiping the state capital, Tallahassee.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 10, 2018
He defended himself by saying his move was just “a hockey play,” sort of like sideswiping a school bus is just “a driving maneuver.”
From New York Times ● Apr. 18, 2012
