How to Use on a collision course in a Sentence

on a collision course

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  • Their lives are on a collision course in which tragedy seems inevitable.
    Stuart Miller, Oc Register, 22 Dec. 2025
  • These two teams appear to be on a collision course to meet again in the final.
    Mike Puzzanghera, BostonGlobe.com, 31 Oct. 2022
  • And that puts it on a collision course with Apple.
    Reed Albergotti, semafor.com, 8 Oct. 2025
  • This isn't the first time an iceberg has been on a collision course with the island.
    Erik Klemetti, Discover Magazine, 28 Jan. 2025
  • The short term and the long term are seemingly on a collision course over the next few days.
    Arpon Basu, New York Times, 3 Mar. 2026
  • Seven of those involved two planes on a collision course.
    Asher Redd, FOXNews.com, 1 Sep. 2025
  • France and Spain are on a collision course on the opposite side of the draw.
    Graham Ruthven, New York Times, 10 July 2026
  • The two countries appeared to be on a collision course, destined for war.
    Odd Arne Westad, Foreign Affairs, 13 June 2024
  • The Mariners and Royals are on a collision course.
    Kansas City Star, 28 Aug. 2025
  • France; however, seems to be on a collision course for the finals.
    Chris Ilenstine, Chicago Tribune, 9 Dec. 2022
  • The pair set out to learn more about their late father, a quest which sets them on a collision course with Monarch.
    Clark Collis, EW.com, 3 Nov. 2023
  • That disdain puts him on a collision course with Hemsworth’s Thor, a god by birth.
    David Betancourt, Washington Post, 29 June 2022
  • The teams are on a collision course in September.
    Kansas City Star, 30 Aug. 2025
  • These two concepts of the executive branch have been on a collision course for a long time.
    Stephen I. Vladeck, Foreign Affairs, 19 Oct. 2021
  • Cut back to Montana, and Cara's also on a collision course of sorts.
    Matt Cabral, EW.com, 6 Feb. 2023
  • The problem was his two-inning start put the Guardians on a collision course with their worst-case scenario.
    Paul Hoynes, cleveland, 29 Aug. 2023
  • The Royals and Mariners remain on a collision course.
    Kansas City Star, 31 Aug. 2025
  • It’s been on a collision course with the region since forming early Monday evening.
    Mary Gilbert, CNN, 13 Aug. 2024
  • That put her on a collision course with Clint Barton/Hawkeye.
    Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 12 Sep. 2022
  • No matter which approach wins out, though, our heroes seem set on a collision course with what’s left of the Empire.
    Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 15 Mar. 2023
  • Have the Hoosiers set the college football world on a collision course with cupcake consumption?
    David Eckert, Austin American Statesman, 3 Feb. 2026
  • That puts Joshua and Alphie on a collision course to some serious bonding.
    Glenn Whipp, Los Angeles Times, 26 Sep. 2023
  • Astronomers have long known that Andromeda is on a collision course with the Milky Way.
    Avery Hurt, Discover Magazine, 21 June 2025
  • That put Crockett and Talarico on a collision course.
    John C. Moritz, Austin American Statesman, 5 Jan. 2026
  • This sets the two former friends on a collision course that culminates in a mid-battle duel on the field of Hastings.
    Will Collins, The Washington Examiner, 19 Sep. 2025
  • In many respects, Iran and Israel have been on a collision course for nearly half a century.
    Daniel Arkin, NBC News, 16 Apr. 2024
  • Wood had a knack for being on a collision course with some of the pro football’s best quarterbacks of the 1960s.
    Mark Inabinett | [email protected], al, 21 Apr. 2023
  • That put her on a collision course with Clint Barton/Hawkeye, who had hung up his Ronin gear for good.
    Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 3 Nov. 2023
  • If successful, this method could be used to deflect a NEO on a collision course with Earth.
    Stefanie Waldek, Travel + Leisure, 24 Jan. 2022
  • But when tragedy struck, the two — both unacknowledged addicts — found themselves on a collision course with catastrophe.
    Desiree Anello, PEOPLE, 3 Dec. 2025

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