collision course
noun
: a course (as of moving bodies or antithetical philosophies) that will result in collision or conflict if continued unaltered
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Lubesnik is the one called to interrogate the first of several crime scenes in Crime 101, which will put him on an eventual collision course with Davis.
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David Fear, Rolling Stone, 13 Feb. 2026
The tension between these two ideas is acute, putting law enforcement and citizens on a potentially catastrophic collision course.
—The Atlantic, 26 Jan. 2026
Sonic booms are unlikely to offer enough lead time for, say, a passenger jet to escape a collision course with a plummeting piece of space junk.
—Lee Billings, Scientific American, 21 Jan. 2026
The sides appear to be on an unavoidable collision course this season.
—Torrey Hart, New York Times, 17 Jan. 2026
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David Fear, Rolling Stone, 13 Feb. 2026
The tension between these two ideas is acute, putting law enforcement and citizens on a potentially catastrophic collision course.
—The Atlantic, 26 Jan. 2026
Sonic booms are unlikely to offer enough lead time for, say, a passenger jet to escape a collision course with a plummeting piece of space junk.
—Lee Billings, Scientific American, 21 Jan. 2026
The sides appear to be on an unavoidable collision course this season.
—Torrey Hart, New York Times, 17 Jan. 2026
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“Collision course.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/collision%20course. Accessed 21 Feb. 2026.
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