smashup

Example Sentences

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Before the smashup began, the Indian Plate varied in thickness and composition, which helps explain the crescent shape of the 2500-kilometer-long Himalayan front.

From Science Magazine • Jan. 9, 2024

Several valuable vehicles are arriving at — or leaving — the museum today, a coincidental calendar smashup that has Yates ping-ponging between projects.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 6, 2023

In “Dodi & Diana,” Kareem Fahmy’s new two-hander at Here, car crash is the rather crass operative metaphor — as in, Samira and Jason’s relationship of seven years is headed for a smashup.

From New York Times • Oct. 12, 2022

A smashup in Italy sent Verstappen’s car airborne and it came dangerously close to crushing Hamilton’s head if not for the halo bar over the cockpit.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 2, 2021

"Indeed, you may be glad to get a fellow when you find yourselves in a good and proper smashup," declared Jack, "and I predict a smash-up about every other mile."

From The Motor Girls on a Tour by Penrose, Margaret