collide
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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
The Higgs bosons themselves are produced when protons traveling at 99.99% the speed of light collide at energies reaching thirteen trillion electron volts.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 20, 2026
When those two instincts collide, it’s bound to be complex and conflicting, and Greengrass delivers that with a boots-on-the-ground style.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026
Thus it is impossible to test A proton and an antiproton collide at high energy, producing a couple of almost free quarks. grand unified theories directly in the laboratory.
From "A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays" by Stephen Hawking
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Now cruise stocks have hit their first serious bout of turbulence as growing industry capacity collides with the effects of the Iran war and some unfortunate weather, too.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 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
That concern deserves consideration—until it collides with the reality of how licensed treatment actually functions.
From Slate ● Mar. 11, 2026
Equally, if a real photon collides with an atom, it may move an electron from an orbit nearer the nucleus to one farther away.
From "A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays" by Stephen Hawking
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DHS said the post depicted Harjinder Singh, an Indian truck driver accused of causing a fatal crash last year that left three people dead after his 18-wheeler collided with their minivan in Florida.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026
According to this idea, a Mars-sized body called Theia collided with the early Earth.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 11, 2026
Copper prices climbed to a fresh record on the London Metal Exchange as distortions to trade flows due to concerns over potential U.S. tariffs collided with supply challenges at key mines worldwide.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026
What we do know is that on Saturday 22 August, a Volkswagen Passat that had been pursued by police travelled the wrong way along the A66 and collided head-on with a police vehicle.
From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026
He walked right back in and almost collided with the chaplain, who was rushing out behind him on his way back to Major Major.
From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller
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Those colliding factors have pushed up the cost of moving crude and making fuel across the supply chain, raising the price to operate everything from cars and trucks to commercial jets and farming equipment.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
Fletcher fractured his skull when colliding with concrete barriers next to the pitch at Bath City's ground, and was forced to retire in 2024.
From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2026
So we potentially have three trends colliding at once: Aging, plus GLP-1 weight loss, plus a growing willingness to spend on aesthetics.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 5, 2026
A Turkish cargo ship sank in the Marmara Sea near Istanbul after colliding with a second vessel, with rescuers searching for its 10 crew members, Turkish officials said Wednesday.
From Barron's ● Sep. 2, 2026
The fairy kept colliding with the window again and again.
From "Inkheart" by Cornelia Funke
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