collision course
Example Sentences
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Washington and Beijing have been on a collision course over the long-seething territorial disputes involving China, the Philippines and four other governments, and Beijing’s goal of annexing Taiwan, by force if necessary.
From Washington Times
More fatefully, her schemes set her on a collision course with the Allwhite Writer himself.
From New York Times
Washington and Beijing have been on a collision course over the long-seething territorial disputes involving China, the Philippines and four other governments and Beijing’s goal of annexing Taiwan, by force if necessary.
From Seattle Times
At the same time, a collision course looms in Washington over the debt ceiling.
From New York Times
"Israeli society is on a dangerous collision course. We are in the midst of a crisis that is endangering the basic unity between us," he said in a prime time television address.
From Reuters
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