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collision

[kuh-lizh-uhn] / kəˈlɪʒ ən /


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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

According to the suit, the issues led to at least one collision and two train breakdowns that stranded hundreds of travelers in the heat.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 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

North Wales Police said officers were called to reports of a collision involving a vehicle and a child in Llanfairfechan, Conwy county, at just after 17:00 BST on Thursday evening.

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026

Could I experience a near collision with the cart while you perhaps see me swerve around nothing and pedal cheerfully on toward the town of Vinci?

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan

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

In the same year there were 251 people killed or seriously injured in collisions involving a young driver, and in 65% of those, the young driver was deemed to be at fault.

From BBC ● Sep. 30, 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

The new research suggests that many of these puzzling patterns can instead be explained by one basic process: collisions between neighboring floes.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 18, 2026

It might be a good idea for us to understand comets and collisions and catastrophes a little better than we do.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan




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