collision course
Example Sentences
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"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
Mark Ruffalo, left, and Tom Pelphrey star as two troubled men on a collision course in “Task.”
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 19, 2025
The cars were safe, but the world and heavens were now on a collision course with the basketball game.
From "Ungifted" by Gordon Korman
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
