collision course
noun
: a course (as of moving bodies or antithetical philosophies) that will result in collision or conflict if continued unaltered
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Soon, it could even be used to push space debris away from a collision course with a satellite.
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Keith Cooper, Space.com, 15 Sep. 2025
Yet as both nations continue their collision course, the broader Middle East faces a precarious transition.
—Khaled Hassan, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Sep. 2025
Zarutska, a refugee from Ukraine, had picked an empty row, and sat in front of a man in a red sweatshirt, unaware of the two’s imminent collision course.
—Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN Money, 9 Sep. 2025
As security officer of the Maginot, Morrow abandons his post to kill the traitor — allowing the ship to continue its collision course into Earth.
—Daniel D'addario, Variety, 3 Sep. 2025
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Keith Cooper, Space.com, 15 Sep. 2025
Yet as both nations continue their collision course, the broader Middle East faces a precarious transition.
—Khaled Hassan, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Sep. 2025
Zarutska, a refugee from Ukraine, had picked an empty row, and sat in front of a man in a red sweatshirt, unaware of the two’s imminent collision course.
—Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN Money, 9 Sep. 2025
As security officer of the Maginot, Morrow abandons his post to kill the traitor — allowing the ship to continue its collision course into Earth.
—Daniel D'addario, Variety, 3 Sep. 2025
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“Collision course.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/collision%20course. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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