collision course
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Former OpenAI employees founded Anthropic in 2021 on the premise that AI development should prioritize safety -- a philosophy that now puts it on a collision course with the Pentagon and the White House.
From Barron's • Feb. 26, 2026
European and American mores on speech are on a collision course.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 21, 2026
When SpaceX CEO Elon Musk chose a remote Texas outpost on the Gulf Coast to develop his company’s ambitious Starship, he put the 400-foot rocket on a collision course with the commercial airline industry.
From Salon • Jan. 12, 2026
Mark Ruffalo, left, and Tom Pelphrey star as two troubled men on a collision course in “Task.”
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 19, 2025
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
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