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oncoming

adjective as in impending

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The investigation will assess the scope and safety consequences of FSD executing maneuvers that violate traffic safety, such as red light and lane changes into oncoming traffic.

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It cited two scenarios: Cars traveling into an intersection on a red light and cars changing lanes into oncoming traffic.

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To protect its skies from ballistic missiles, Kyiv has asked its Western partners for at least 10 units of Patriot surface-to-air defence systems which can detect and intercept oncoming missiles.

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But the end of the August recess in Washington — and the oncoming flu and COVID-19 season — could return public attention to subjects that have proved politically perilous for the president this week.

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A fiery crash Saturday night on Interstate 15 in Temecula killed four people when a BMW went over the concrete median and hit an oncoming car, authorities said.

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