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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
But demonstrating this beyond a shadow of a doubt proved in some respects more challenging than actually creating the elusive plasma itself, with the case for success strengthening as RHIC’s numbers of collisions soared.
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Joseph Howlett, Scientific American, 6 Feb. 2026
Sports already take severe head impacts and concussions seriously, with protocols to remove players after collisions.
—semafor.com, 6 Feb. 2026
There has been some pushback against Waymo’s rollout, including roughly two dozen protesters in January upset following instances of malfunctioning cars and collisions.
—Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 6 Feb. 2026
The team analyzed millions of proton–proton collisions.
—Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 5 Feb. 2026
That plan identified the city’s high-injury network, which is the collection of city streets where the highest numbers of fatal and severe injury collisions occur.
—Ariane Lange, Sacbee.com, 5 Feb. 2026
With recent news that Starlink satellites are set to orbit closer to the Earth to avoid collisions with space debris, this HPM device could theoretically target Elon Musk's space communications network.
—New Atlas, 5 Feb. 2026
As General Motors can attest, collisions can spell the end of a self-driving business.
—Alexei Oreskovic, Fortune, 30 Jan. 2026
But that growth also increases congestion in orbit and raises the risk of collisions and debris incidents.
—Sharmila Kuthunur, Space.com, 30 Jan. 2026
Joseph Howlett, Scientific American, 6 Feb. 2026
Sports already take severe head impacts and concussions seriously, with protocols to remove players after collisions.
—semafor.com, 6 Feb. 2026
There has been some pushback against Waymo’s rollout, including roughly two dozen protesters in January upset following instances of malfunctioning cars and collisions.
—Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 6 Feb. 2026
The team analyzed millions of proton–proton collisions.
—Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 5 Feb. 2026
That plan identified the city’s high-injury network, which is the collection of city streets where the highest numbers of fatal and severe injury collisions occur.
—Ariane Lange, Sacbee.com, 5 Feb. 2026
With recent news that Starlink satellites are set to orbit closer to the Earth to avoid collisions with space debris, this HPM device could theoretically target Elon Musk's space communications network.
—New Atlas, 5 Feb. 2026
As General Motors can attest, collisions can spell the end of a self-driving business.
—Alexei Oreskovic, Fortune, 30 Jan. 2026
But that growth also increases congestion in orbit and raises the risk of collisions and debris incidents.
—Sharmila Kuthunur, Space.com, 30 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for collisions
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High-speed, one-way corridors are associated with more severe crashes.—
Tim Giuliani,
The Orlando Sentinel,
8 Feb. 2026
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Multiple dead, several injured after car crashes into grocery store.—
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FOXNews.com,
6 Feb. 2026
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From midnight to noon Saturday, Medic responded to 33 wrecks, including a collision at Arrowood Road and Whitehall Executive Park Drive that hospitalized two people with life-threatening injuries.—
Charlotte Observer,
Charlotte Observer,
31 Jan. 2026
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No deaths were reported in the wrecks, but six deaths inside the five boroughs were blamed on the ice-cold weather that arrived shortly before the snow.—
Joseph Wilkinson,
New York Daily News,
26 Jan. 2026
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Jury selection also underscored how widely the impacts of social media — both good and bad — are felt among disparate groups of people.—
CNN.com Wire Service,
Mercury News,
11 Feb. 2026
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Climate cooperation was also predicted to weaken as the impacts of temperature changes reverberate.—
Prashant Rao,
semafor.com,
10 Feb. 2026
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One spot denounced personal injury attorneys who promise justice for victims of accidents and assaults but take big chunks of settlements and judgments.—
Dan Walters,
Mercury News,
11 Feb. 2026
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Gore said railroad accidents are investigated by the National Transportation Safety Board and redacted police reports wouldn’t impede the investigation.—
Alexandra Kukulka,
Chicago Tribune,
11 Feb. 2026
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That said, the government has a decades-old playbook on how to get workers through economic shocks.—
Josh Tyrangiel,
The Atlantic,
10 Feb. 2026
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That is, a country’s economy was much more likely to be impacted by shocks to nearby countries than by shocks in faraway countries.—
Josh Ederington,
Fortune,
8 Feb. 2026
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Simons also gave Boston timely jolts of off-the-bench scoring.—
Zack Cox,
Hartford Courant,
3 Feb. 2026
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Elsewhere, jolts of intensity come from human hands turning round knobs in real time.—
Philip Sherburne,
Pitchfork,
14 Jan. 2026
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Kabocha is usually dark green or orange with faint stripes or bumps on the outside, with vibrant orange flesh on the inside.—
Melissa Kravitz Hoeffner,
Martha Stewart,
9 Feb. 2026
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This victory bumps Italy's curling team up to fourth place, right behind Canada.—
Andrew Greif,
NBC news,
6 Feb. 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 15 Feb. 2026.
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