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
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These two teams appear to be on a collision course to meet again in the final.
—Mike Puzzanghera, BostonGlobe.com, 31 Oct. 2022
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And that puts it on a collision course with Apple.
—Reed Albergotti, semafor.com, 8 Oct. 2025
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This isn't the first time an iceberg has been on a collision course with the island.
—Erik Klemetti, Discover Magazine, 28 Jan. 2025
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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
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Seven of those involved two planes on a collision course.
—Asher Redd, FOXNews.com, 1 Sep. 2025
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France and Spain are on a collision course on the opposite side of the draw.
—Graham Ruthven, New York Times, 10 July 2026
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The two countries appeared to be on a collision course, destined for war.
—Odd Arne Westad, Foreign Affairs, 13 June 2024
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The Mariners and Royals are on a collision course.
—Kansas City Star, 28 Aug. 2025
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France; however, seems to be on a collision course for the finals.
—Chris Ilenstine, Chicago Tribune, 9 Dec. 2022
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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
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That disdain puts him on a collision course with Hemsworth’s Thor, a god by birth.
—David Betancourt, Washington Post, 29 June 2022
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The teams are on a collision course in September.
—Kansas City Star, 30 Aug. 2025
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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
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Cut back to Montana, and Cara's also on a collision course of sorts.
—Matt Cabral, EW.com, 6 Feb. 2023
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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
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The Royals and Mariners remain on a collision course.
—Kansas City Star, 31 Aug. 2025
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It’s been on a collision course with the region since forming early Monday evening.
—Mary Gilbert, CNN, 13 Aug. 2024
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That put her on a collision course with Clint Barton/Hawkeye.
—Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 12 Sep. 2022
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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
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Have the Hoosiers set the college football world on a collision course with cupcake consumption?
—David Eckert, Austin American Statesman, 3 Feb. 2026
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That puts Joshua and Alphie on a collision course to some serious bonding.
—Glenn Whipp, Los Angeles Times, 26 Sep. 2023
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Astronomers have long known that Andromeda is on a collision course with the Milky Way.
—Avery Hurt, Discover Magazine, 21 June 2025
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That put Crockett and Talarico on a collision course.
—John C. Moritz, Austin American Statesman, 5 Jan. 2026
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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
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In many respects, Iran and Israel have been on a collision course for nearly half a century.
—Daniel Arkin, NBC News, 16 Apr. 2024
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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
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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
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If successful, this method could be used to deflect a NEO on a collision course with Earth.
—Stefanie Waldek, Travel + Leisure, 24 Jan. 2022
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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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