collide
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But parts of the rocket are shed in space and remain there, stuck in orbit unless they eventually collide with another celestial body.
From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2026
The 2015 “Secret Wars” story featured some plotting by Doctor Doom and saw multiverses collide, be destroyed and merge.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 2026
Inside that chamber, the two incoming jets collide.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 17, 2026
The rules, which apply only to ethnic Tajiks, collide with deep-rooted Central Asian traditions, where children's names carry great symbolic importance.
From Barron's ● Jul. 3, 2026
I don’t know under what circumstances they’d ever collide, and something about that makes me feel incredibly sad.
From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy
What will happen when a SpaceX rocket collides with the Moon?
From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2026
Yet drug development is also where AI collides with the stubborn reality of human biology.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 12, 2026
When a large meteor collides with Earth, it produces intense heat that melts surrounding rock.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 3, 2026
That concern deserves consideration—until it collides with the reality of how licensed treatment actually functions.
From Slate ● Mar. 11, 2026
She brushes away the thought, but then the responsible-person guilt collides with the burn in her legs and the ache in her toes.
From "A Heart in a Body in the World" by Deb Caletti
In May 2025 he was placed in an induced coma, rupturing his intestine when he collided with a post during a game against Leicester.
From BBC ● Aug. 16, 2026
In that crash, which claimed 67 lives, an Army Black Hawk helicopter collided with an American Airlines regional jet cleared to land at the airport.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026
Bild newspaper reported that another cargo plane later collided with an unknown object in mid-air shortly after taking off from Leipzig airport last night.
From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2026
On Sunday, two Bell helicopters collided while conducting firefighting operations near Psatha.
From Barron's ● Aug. 3, 2026
Yes, my high school world and my other world have collided a couple of times recently, but Bre exists on a different plane from everyone else.
From "Odd One Out" by Nic Stone
Housing needs of cities are colliding with safety concerns about bigger projects.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026
It is a positioning problem colliding with a macro shock.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 13, 2026
Meteorologists said that it was caused by cold air from the north colliding with warm air brought in by Typhoon Maysak in the south.
From BBC ● Jul. 8, 2026
Video showed Quansah’s studs colliding with Gallardo’s calf and the referee issued Quansah a red card that delighted the crowd as England’s lineup was reduced to 10 men.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 6, 2026
The green mist around Quinton and Maria swirls in the air before colliding into the far wall.
From "Amari and the Night Brothers" by B.B. Alston
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