collision
Example Sentences
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"Then we landed very roughly… Everyone felt it. It was like the plane jolted and you heard the pilot try to brake trying to prevent the collision."
From BBC
The collision of an Air Canada Express plane arriving from Montreal and a firefighting vehicle injured dozens of other people.
Hundreds of people turned up for the trial into the 2023 train collision that left 57 dead, leading to angry complaints from lawyers that the venue was "insultingly" unsuitable, and booing from family relatives.
From Barron's
LaGuardia Airport closed after a fatal runway collision killed two pilots, while Newark Liberty International experienced a ground stop due to a control tower evacuation.
From Barron's
The school minibus was returning from a trip to London when it was collision with a lorry on the M40 near Warwick.
From BBC
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