collision course
Example Sentences
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Migrating gray whales and ships are on a collision course in the San Francisco Bay, with at least seven whales dead so far this year—many from vessels—after 21 fatalities in 2025.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 19, 2026
"To avoid this collision course the government needs to step up and deliver the properly funded education system our children and young people deserve."
From BBC • May 9, 2026
"He could, and should, have acted differently" when his ship was on "an obvious collision course" with the tanker, Little told the trial.
From Barron's • Feb. 2, 2026
European and American mores on speech are on a collision course.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 21, 2026
It was a delusion that would put me on a collision course with reality at the US Secret Classic meet the following July.
From "Courage to Soar" by Simone Biles
