collision
Example Sentences
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Scientists expect sheep stuck in the U.S. will head toward Interstate 8 in search of food and water, increasing the risk of collisions.
From Los Angeles Times
CHP officers received multiple calls starting at 8:17 a.m. reporting collisions in both the north and southbound lanes of the roadway, the agency reported.
From Los Angeles Times
The rink in Milan, approved by the International Ice Hockey Federation, is shorter than the minimum requirement in the NHL, leading to suggestions there could be an increase in high-speed collisions.
From BBC
Let me clarify that this is not some “dinosaur rails against extinction-level comet collision” rant.
From Salon
It begins: “And after all the weather was ideal,” plunging the reader headfirst into the collision between preparations for a party and funeral preparations for a young man killed in an accident.
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