collide (with)

verb

Definition of collide (with)next
as in to crash (into)

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  1. greet
  2. salute
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  • Before even entering the museum, guests are greeted with Claes Oldenburg’s Typewriter Eraser, Scale X, 1999.
    — Lilah Ramzi, Vogue, 4 Sep. 2026
  • When Tracy arrived at the hotel on that late Saturday night, he was greeted by José David Flores, a Red Sox coach who was not included in the purge that saw Cora and five of his assistants dismissed.
    — Steve Buckley, New York Times, 3 Sep. 2026
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  • She was saluted by the Recording Academy in 2024 with the Lifetime Achievement Award, and the previous year received the National Medals of Arts, the United States’ highest award given to artists and their patrons.
    — Lars Brandle, Billboard, 28 Aug. 2026
  • The tribute to the Del Shaw Moonves Tanaka Finkelstein & Lezcano founding partner aims to salute a towering career that has shaped, and often protected, some of the industry’s biggest names.
    — Dominic Patten, Deadline, 26 Aug. 2026
Definition of salute
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“Collide (with).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/collide%20%28with%29. Accessed 6 Sep. 2026.

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