sideswipe
Example Sentences
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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
Only it was Rick, with a spectacularly timed sideswipe on Negan’s car, who afforded him the opportunity to do so without anyone but Dwight knowing about it.
From The Guardian • Mar. 18, 2018
"Yes, we got a beauty of a sideswipe," he said.
From The Circus Boys on the Plains : or, the Young Advance Agents Ahead of the Show by Darlington, Edgar B. P.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
