collision course

Example Sentences

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And that set the biggest car market in the nation on a collision course, with Detroit, and with Washington, D.C.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 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

Just as the parade reaches City Hall, another parade is on a slow-motion collision course with our own.

From Salon • Nov. 8, 2025

We were all heading for each other on a collision course, no matter what.

From "I'll Give You the Sun" by Jandy Nelson