as in hits
US
to cause the side of a vehicle to come into forceful contact with the side of another vehicle
The taxi sideswiped a parked car.
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Lightning hits the United States approximately 25 million times annually.—
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Lightning hits the United States approximately 25 million times annually.—
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5 Sep. 2025
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Wednesday swipes Enid’s driver’s-ed consent form to sneak off to visit Tyler at Willow Hill Psychiatric Hospital.—
Jessica M. Goldstein,
Vulture,
6 Aug. 2025
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Sarah, a scientist at a biotech company, contacts Ash’s firm to blow the whistle on an unlawful cover-up at her job.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
22 Aug. 2025
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Unbeknownst to them, Matheo secretly contacts the police.—
Time,
Time,
21 Aug. 2025
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Harrison stabs Prater with the needle and knocks the billionaire out.—
Louis Peitzman,
Vulture,
5 Sep. 2025
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When cosmic rays — including, in part, plain old protons from the Sun’s solar wind — strike the Moon, the recoil from those heavy elements knocks them into an excited state.—
Ethan Siegel,
Big Think,
4 Sep. 2025
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When the condition strikes, that signal is distorted, causing muscles to move involuntarily or get stuck in an abnormal position.—
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CNN Money,
4 Sep. 2025
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The new privacy policy strikes a good balance between depth and ease of reading.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
3 Sep. 2025
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“Sideswipes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sideswipes. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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