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collision

[kuh-lizh-uhn] / kəˈlɪʒ ən /


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A Delta spokesperson confirmed that the Delta flight was en route to Haneda, Japan at the time of the collision.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026

Jayson Lowe, chief executive of Ascendant Financial Inc., was on another flight at LAX when he witnessed the collision.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026

Those changes can be detected with these imaging techniques, allowing researchers to verify that the crystals recorded the collision itself.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 4, 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

What makes the Maori-Moriori collision grimly illuminating is that both groups had diverged from a common origin less than a millennium earlier.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond

Students are also instructed to slow down when driving near donkeys as collisions can cause injury or even death to humans and animals.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026

Nearly 300 people are killed every year in traffic crashes in the city, with speed serving as the leading factor in the collisions.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

According to official figures, 17 to 23-year-old drivers were responsible for 24% of all collisions, external in Northern Ireland in 2024, despite only accounting for 8% of license holders.

From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026

Astronomers have long relied on brief bursts of gamma rays to identify collisions between neutron stars.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 30, 2026

Along the way there was much spooky moaning and more than a few collisions, for even with the eyeholes it was not easy for the Ghostly Postals to see where they were going.

From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood




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