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as in clashes
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 slams
to come into usually forceful contact with something
fortunately, I wasn't hurt when my bike collided with that fence
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Recent Examples of collides
Each meteoroid collides with Earth's upper atmosphere at 41 miles (66 km) per second, creating an incandescent trail of shocked, ionized air.
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Joe Rao, Space.com, 4 May 2026
His beat is where a cloud dashboard becomes a construction project—where digital demand collides with factories, transformers, chips and cables.
—Deni Ellis Béchard, Scientific American, 1 May 2026
Caregiver shortage And yet my instinct to recoil at this all collides with a harder reality.
—Catherine Thorbecke, Mercury News, 30 Apr. 2026
And yet my instinct to recoil at this all collides with a harder reality.
—Catherine Thorbecke, Twin Cities, 25 Apr. 2026
The business model underpinning kids and family animation is under growing strain, as a post-streaming contraction collides with declining linear viewership and tighter commissioning, a panel at Spain’s Quirino Future Lab session underscored on Wednesday.
—Callum McLennan, Variety, 17 Apr. 2026
High above the southern part of the Massachusetts island, the Atlantic Ocean collides with the shore.
—Jacob Wycoff, CBS News, 17 Apr. 2026
When the expectation of change collides with a system configured to withstand change, combustion often follows.
—Kapil Komireddi, New Yorker, 10 Apr. 2026
Angle crashes occur when a car runs a red light and collides with another vehicle at an angle and present a higher risk of injury compared to rear-end collisions.
—Charlotte Observer, 6 Apr. 2026
Joe Rao, Space.com, 4 May 2026
His beat is where a cloud dashboard becomes a construction project—where digital demand collides with factories, transformers, chips and cables.
—Deni Ellis Béchard, Scientific American, 1 May 2026
Caregiver shortage And yet my instinct to recoil at this all collides with a harder reality.
—Catherine Thorbecke, Mercury News, 30 Apr. 2026
And yet my instinct to recoil at this all collides with a harder reality.
—Catherine Thorbecke, Twin Cities, 25 Apr. 2026
The business model underpinning kids and family animation is under growing strain, as a post-streaming contraction collides with declining linear viewership and tighter commissioning, a panel at Spain’s Quirino Future Lab session underscored on Wednesday.
—Callum McLennan, Variety, 17 Apr. 2026
High above the southern part of the Massachusetts island, the Atlantic Ocean collides with the shore.
—Jacob Wycoff, CBS News, 17 Apr. 2026
When the expectation of change collides with a system configured to withstand change, combustion often follows.
—Kapil Komireddi, New Yorker, 10 Apr. 2026
Angle crashes occur when a car runs a red light and collides with another vehicle at an angle and present a higher risk of injury compared to rear-end collisions.
—Charlotte Observer, 6 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for collides
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Matty is a blustering, blue-collar Bostonian who sees himself as the unequivocal boss of the house and frequently clashes with his liberal niece Blaire, an outspoken college student who often finds herself at odds with her more traditional-minded relatives.—
Katie Campione,
Deadline,
23 Apr. 2026
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For instance, as the moon clashes with Saturn, Mars and Mercury in Aries, tempers could flare internally or with those around you.—
Valerie Mesa,
PEOPLE,
22 Apr. 2026
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Now, however, the team behind the new research believes the events are caused when a compact stellar remnant, like a black hole or a neutron star, slams into the universe's hottest class of star, massive stellar bodies called Wolf-Rayet stars.—
Robert Lea,
Space.com,
8 May 2026
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In other words, automatic registration slams the courthouse door on women, but not on men, because registration is its own injury.—
Wendy Murphy,
Boston Herald,
27 Apr. 2026
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In an oppositional reading of a media text, the audience comprehends that the message conflicts with or contradicts their personal experiences of society.—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
5 May 2026
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Intuitive Surgical also conflicts with our recent initiation of Johnson & Johnson, which is seeking to enter the robotic surgery market.—
Paulina Likos,
CNBC,
17 Apr. 2026
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Sergei Bubka of the Soviet Union breaks his world outdoor pole vault record and Seppo Raty of Finland smashes the world javelin record during the Toto International Super Track and Field Meet in Japan.—
Assistant Sports Editor,
Los Angeles Times,
6 May 2026
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Before the opening credits roll, Creasy smashes his car into a concrete barrier.—
Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
30 Apr. 2026
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The 2027 Ram 1500 SRT TRX will start at $99,995, excluding a mandatory $2,595 destination fee that bumps the price to $102,590.—
Michael Wayland,
CNBC,
1 Jan. 2026
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A day when the Stanley Cup years finally ride the synaptic road back to long-term memory and the brain finally bumps the past for the present.—
Mark Lazerus,
New York Times,
31 Oct. 2025
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Teal'c takes out some frustrations on an unlucky grunt who bangs him with a door at the start of every time loop, and O'Neill gets to (temporarily) sample the will-they side of his will-they-won't-they relationship with Carter.—
Daryl Baxter,
Space.com,
14 Apr. 2026
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Another bangs his head against the wall after expressing suicidal thoughts.—
Morgan Lee,
Los Angeles Times,
8 Mar. 2026
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Crowdfunding website crashes Peterson's TikTok videos and website garnered so much attention, the latter crashed, not long after its creation.—
Greta Cross,
USA Today,
4 May 2026
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Paul Alexander Nolan’s Max, the owner of a boardwalk video store who crashes into the lives of the Emerson family, puts on a Clark Kent facade to conceal his nefarious alter ego.—
Theater Critic,
Los Angeles Times,
1 May 2026
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Temperatures will be near 81 degrees on Monday, and then turn cooler on Tuesday through Thursday after a cold front knocks them back into the mid- to upper 60s.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
1 May 2026
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The sweetness of the cherry tomatoes knocks the flavor profile out of the park.—
Jenna Sims,
Southern Living,
1 May 2026
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“Collides.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/collides. Accessed 10 May. 2026.
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