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as in to clash
to be out of harmony or agreement usually noticeably
the candidate had a reputation as a maverick whose positions often collided with the party platform
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as in to bump
to come into usually forceful contact with something
fortunately, I wasn't hurt when my bike collided with that fence
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Cole and Morgan Whitford were riding a motorcycle south on Highway 111 around 10:50 p.m. local time on Saturday, Aug. 3, when the bike collided with the front end of a van that was attempting a left turn, according to NBC affiliate KSDK and FOX affiliate KTVI.
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Abigail Adams, Peoplemag, 9 Aug. 2024
That’s when two drivers, one behind the wheel of a red Dodge Charger and the other driving a white Dodge Charger Daytona, were racing as a Chevrolet Traverse turned left onto Kingston Drive and collided with the red Charger, police said.
—Antonio Planas, NBC News, 15 Aug. 2024
Working with his father, Luis, who was a Nobel-Prize-winning physicist, Walter Alvarez developed the theory that a giant space rock – an asteroid– collided with Earth 66 million years ago.
—Hans Sues, Discover Magazine, 15 Aug. 2024
The God of the Woods by Liz Moore (Riverhead Books: $30) Two worlds collide when a teenager vanishes from her Adirondacks summer camp.
—The California Independent Booksellers Alliance, Los Angeles Times, 14 Aug. 2024
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Abigail Adams, Peoplemag, 9 Aug. 2024
That’s when two drivers, one behind the wheel of a red Dodge Charger and the other driving a white Dodge Charger Daytona, were racing as a Chevrolet Traverse turned left onto Kingston Drive and collided with the red Charger, police said.
—Antonio Planas, NBC News, 15 Aug. 2024
Working with his father, Luis, who was a Nobel-Prize-winning physicist, Walter Alvarez developed the theory that a giant space rock – an asteroid– collided with Earth 66 million years ago.
—Hans Sues, Discover Magazine, 15 Aug. 2024
The God of the Woods by Liz Moore (Riverhead Books: $30) Two worlds collide when a teenager vanishes from her Adirondacks summer camp.
—The California Independent Booksellers Alliance, Los Angeles Times, 14 Aug. 2024
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“Collide.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/collide. Accessed 19 Sep. 2024.
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