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collide

[kuh-lahyd] / kəˈlaɪd /


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When these charged particles collide with oxygen and nitrogen, photons of coloured light are emitted - this is the aurora.

From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2026

My cars didn’t run any red lights, collide with another car or take off with my suitcase still in the trunk.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026

Dillon Amaya, an oceanographer at North Carolina State University, said the elevated sea levels could collide with other natural phenomena to create problems for coastal communities.

From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026

And with so much hinging on the AI put, any loss of confidence could quickly collide with an uncertain macroeconomic backdrop, helping magnify losses across markets.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 30, 2026

I am about to make two worlds collide.

From "Ask the Passengers" by A.S. King

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

Yet drug development is also where AI collides with the stubborn reality of human biology.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 12, 2026

At 1-1, Roberto Carlos' seemingly harmless cross was lofted high into the Hampden Park sky, destined to drop where D and penalty box chalk collides.

From BBC ● May 28, 2026

When a large meteor collides with Earth, it produces intense heat that melts surrounding rock.

From Science Daily ● Apr. 3, 2026

“Well, I’m getting ice cream,” I say, moving toward the stairs, and Bieber collides with my legs in his eagerness to follow.

From "Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda" by Becky Albertalli

The crash occurred Sunday night outside Salinas when a black Nissan Altima, headed south on Abbott Street, collided with a white Honda CR-V that was traveling north, the San Francisco Chronicle reported.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026

After an Army helicopter and passenger jet collided last year over Washington, killing dozens, air-traffic controllers have directed pilots to make more space for commercial airlines heading toward airports like LaGuardia.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026

According to this idea, a Mars-sized body called Theia collided with the early Earth.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 11, 2026

Officers had been pursuing the Passat seconds before it collided with PC Blades and PC Clough's car on the dual carriageway.

From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2026

We nearly collided when I darted into the kitchen.

From "Wish" by Barbara O'Connor

The U.S. push to devote more military resources to the Arctic is colliding with competing demands elsewhere.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 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

They give the example of amateur footballer Ben Hiscox, who died in 2015 after colliding with a clubhouse near Bristol.

From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2026

Unlike Earth, the Moon has virtually no atmospheric layer, so space debris does not slow down or burn up before colliding with the surface.

From Barron's ● Sep. 17, 2026

“It’s humid air colliding and pushing energy upward into the clouds,” he insists.

From "Merci Suárez Changes Gears" by Meg Medina


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