collide with
Example Sentences
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These accounts collide with the present era’s eerie uncertainty at every turn, making for an altogether riveting, cyclical listening experience that tells her life’s story without smoothing its contradictions.
From Salon ● Jul. 8, 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
Leaders’ visions of a once-in-a-lifetime economic opportunity collide with longtime residents’ desire to hold on to their quiet way of life.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 9, 2026
Trouble begins when losses collide with fragile funding structures.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 13, 2026
Particle physicists look at the subatomic realm with particle accelerators: they use magnetic fields or other means to get tiny particles moving very fast; when these particles collide with one another, they spit off fragments.
From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife
