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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
Under California’s vehicle code, hit-and-run collisions that lead to property damage but no injuries are classified as misdemeanors.
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Don Sweeney,
Sacbee.com,
5 July 2026
Heading and collisions pose a risk that warrants real caution.
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Dr. Tal Patalon,
Forbes.com,
5 July 2026
The consensus was to focus first on upgrading the LHC to increase its luminosity—the number of collisions per second—rather than immediately beginning to build a successor.
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Florencia Canelli,
Scientific American,
1 July 2026
The fights about data centers can often take the form of collisions between companies and community members.
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Lauren Mullenbach,
The Conversation,
1 July 2026
Three other drivers struck in the collisions were taken to hospitals in stable condition, and one driver was in critical condition.
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Jeanine Santucci,
USA Today,
30 June 2026
In urban areas, municipal departments run things, while the Texas Department of Public Safety frequently manages highway collisions.
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William Jones,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
29 June 2026
Last year, the city had 24 traffic collisions involving e-bikes, Cullen said.
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Hannah Fry,
Los Angeles Times,
26 June 2026
That brutal, driving style requires her to initiate intense physical collisions on nearly every single possession.
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Jackson Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
26 June 2026
Don Sweeney,
Sacbee.com,
5 July 2026
Heading and collisions pose a risk that warrants real caution.
—
Dr. Tal Patalon,
Forbes.com,
5 July 2026
The consensus was to focus first on upgrading the LHC to increase its luminosity—the number of collisions per second—rather than immediately beginning to build a successor.
—
Florencia Canelli,
Scientific American,
1 July 2026
The fights about data centers can often take the form of collisions between companies and community members.
—
Lauren Mullenbach,
The Conversation,
1 July 2026
Three other drivers struck in the collisions were taken to hospitals in stable condition, and one driver was in critical condition.
—
Jeanine Santucci,
USA Today,
30 June 2026
In urban areas, municipal departments run things, while the Texas Department of Public Safety frequently manages highway collisions.
—
William Jones,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
29 June 2026
Last year, the city had 24 traffic collisions involving e-bikes, Cullen said.
—
Hannah Fry,
Los Angeles Times,
26 June 2026
That brutal, driving style requires her to initiate intense physical collisions on nearly every single possession.
—
Jackson Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
26 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for collisions
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Aim for 20–40 grams of protein at breakfast to improve fullness and blood sugar control, and choose fiber-rich carbs to avoid spikes and crashes.
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This gives drivers more time to react and could potentially prevent up to 80% of non-impaired vehicle crashes in the US alone.
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Back inside the courtroom, CBS New York reported that prosecutors alleged Bithorn had previously put her children in danger via her alleged alcoholism, including multiple car wrecks.
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Bocas is blessed with more than a dozen excellent dive sites including underwater caves and pinnacles, reef walls, drift dive locations, and wrecks like the Barco Viejo and Mystic Wind.
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Strict Limits Required Hainaut argues the worst impacts can only be avoided by limiting the total number of satellites, existing and future, to around 100,000.
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This correlation is also stronger in more temperate regions than tropics, and in countries with fewer human impacts on the environment.
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The idea is to allow for accidents, miscommunications or misunderstandings that the participants agree should not scuttle talks.
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Small accidents, although no fault of your own, may cause this.
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Pandemic bottlenecks, wars, climate shocks and geopolitical tension exposed the fragility of global supply chains.
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Asian stocks still have room to run even after a blistering first-half rally, while investors should continue diversifying into commodities as geopolitical shocks reinforce long-term demand for metals and energy infrastructure, Goldman Sachs said.
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Takeoff and landing are when many aviation incidents occur—they’re considered the most critical phases of a flight and when an aircraft is most vulnerable to sudden, unexpected jolts of motion.
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The building jolts and is cloaked in blackness.
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The formula contains AHAs and BHAs to resurface the skin, prevent ingrown hairs, and smooth keratosis pilaris bumps.
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Longer form, high-concept videos are popping up more and more in a way to combat TikTok’s short adrenalin bumps.
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Agents yelled from every direction, and the thumps of a news helicopter overhead were deafening.
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You’ll be thrown around in your seat, which moves in sync with the action, along with thumps in the back, splashes of water, blasts of air, smoke, and flashes of light.
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“Collisions.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/collisions. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.
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