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as in crashes
a forceful coming together of two things
the collision of two opposing philosophies regarding the rearing of children
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as in wrecks
the violent coming together of two bodies into destructive contact
a horrendous car collision on the highway
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Recent Examples of collisions
None of the four fatal crashes occurred within the project’s limits, but four separate collisions in the half-mile stretch have killed people since 2017.
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Chris Fusco. Story Produced With Ai Assistance, Sacbee.com, 11 Apr. 2026
Airport officials didn't respond immediately to questions about what happened and what procedures are in place to prevent collisions.
—ABC News, 10 Apr. 2026
By carefully measuring the energy and momentum of muons produced in about 100 million collisions thought to have created W bosons, the physicists arrived at their new mass estimate.
—Clara Moskowitz, Scientific American, 10 Apr. 2026
Take a room full of particles, for instance, where half of the particles are cold (low in kinetic energy, moving slowly, with a long timescale in between collisions) and half of the particles are hot (high in kinetic energy, moving rapidly, with short timescales separating successive collisions).
—Big Think, 9 Apr. 2026
Swap gates typically rely on interactions like tunneling or collisions that are highly sensitive to imperfections.
—Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 9 Apr. 2026
At a speed of 20 or 25 miles per hour, a 176-pound bike carries much more energy than a traditional bicycle, and collisions don’t look the same.
—Jessica Mathews, Fortune, 8 Apr. 2026
Snipped bits of studio improvisations and artifacts of chance collisions with other artists who happened to be in the room—a baritone guitar loop from the band, a trap 808 from a producer just passing through—form the shifting foundation for Vernon’s unmistakable voice.
—Mitch Therieau, Pitchfork, 8 Apr. 2026
Red Wings captain Dylan Larkin appeared to get banged up from a series of collisions and was in obvious pain on the bench in the second.
—CBS News, 4 Apr. 2026
Chris Fusco. Story Produced With Ai Assistance, Sacbee.com, 11 Apr. 2026
Airport officials didn't respond immediately to questions about what happened and what procedures are in place to prevent collisions.
—ABC News, 10 Apr. 2026
By carefully measuring the energy and momentum of muons produced in about 100 million collisions thought to have created W bosons, the physicists arrived at their new mass estimate.
—Clara Moskowitz, Scientific American, 10 Apr. 2026
Take a room full of particles, for instance, where half of the particles are cold (low in kinetic energy, moving slowly, with a long timescale in between collisions) and half of the particles are hot (high in kinetic energy, moving rapidly, with short timescales separating successive collisions).
—Big Think, 9 Apr. 2026
Swap gates typically rely on interactions like tunneling or collisions that are highly sensitive to imperfections.
—Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 9 Apr. 2026
At a speed of 20 or 25 miles per hour, a 176-pound bike carries much more energy than a traditional bicycle, and collisions don’t look the same.
—Jessica Mathews, Fortune, 8 Apr. 2026
Snipped bits of studio improvisations and artifacts of chance collisions with other artists who happened to be in the room—a baritone guitar loop from the band, a trap 808 from a producer just passing through—form the shifting foundation for Vernon’s unmistakable voice.
—Mitch Therieau, Pitchfork, 8 Apr. 2026
Red Wings captain Dylan Larkin appeared to get banged up from a series of collisions and was in obvious pain on the bench in the second.
—CBS News, 4 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for collisions
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Airline crashes get much more media attention, but road, rail and water mishaps affect far more people and can result in lasting psychological disability.—
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
19 Apr. 2026
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At least 141 people died in crashes with them over the last five years.—
Michael Kaplan,
CBS News,
19 Apr. 2026
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But the law does not make finding the cause for wrecks less blurry.—
Doug Turnbull,
AJC.com,
5 Apr. 2026
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The crash was just the latest in a series of incidents involving auto wrecks and drugs for the golfer.—
Dan Mangan,
CNBC,
31 Mar. 2026
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While there are no comprehensive studies comparing the environmental impacts of cultivated versus conventional seafood, alternatives like Wildtype could avoid ocean pollution and overfishing, which have caused losses in biodiversity and destroyed the ocean’s resiliency.—
Jaia Clingham-David,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
15 Apr. 2026
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Lawmakers took up the issue Tuesday, considering the challenges city and county leaders face trying to balance economic opportunity with environmental impacts.—
Ubah Ali,
CBS News,
15 Apr. 2026
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The committee will hold public hearings to learn what caused the collapse and how similar accidents can be avoided in the future.—
Tom Ignudo,
CBS News,
17 Apr. 2026
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Key Considerations In most personal injury cases, such as those from car or truck accidents, there is no cap on non-economic (pain and suffering) damages.—
William Jones,
Sacbee.com,
17 Apr. 2026
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Shares have edged down more than 2% since the Iran war began, fueled by concerns about rising shipping costs and potential supply shocks.—
Liz Napolitano,
CNBC,
14 Apr. 2026
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In Southeast Asia, Vietnamese EV maker VinFast is offering discounts to offset fuel price shocks.—
Chan Ho-Him,
Los Angeles Times,
14 Apr. 2026
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The jolts are muted, the setpieces are drab, and the gore is all too literally kept under wraps.—
David Ehrlich,
IndieWire,
16 Apr. 2026
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Then, as the pandemic waned, in 2023 and early ’24, came two jolts to the system – federal pandemic-era assistance ended, pulling food and food-related funding away from charities, and the number of people seeking food continued to grow.—
Andre Mouchard,
Oc Register,
29 Mar. 2026
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School board members voted to implement the pay bumps at a special meeting Thursday, scheduled after Tuesday’s vote on the district’s ballot measure, which was pitched as a way to raise district employee pay.—
Nathan Pilling,
Kansas City Star,
10 Apr. 2026
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This is an excellent way to secure your personal item to a larger suitcase while protecting it from the bumps and scuffs that come with travel.—
Nathan Allen,
Travel + Leisure,
10 Apr. 2026
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In Guyana’s capital city of Georgetown, neighbors can still hear the thumps.—
Tyler Jett,
Des Moines Register,
21 Jan. 2026
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“Collisions.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/collisions. Accessed 20 Apr. 2026.
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