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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This comes just days after air traffic controllers in San Diego cleared a Southwest flight to cross a runway another Southwest flight was using to take off, putting the planes on a potential collision course before controllers ordered both planes to stop.
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Kris Van Cleave, CBS News, 18 Oct. 2024
Millions of Floridians have been ordered or urged to flee as Milton, described by many as a catastrophic life-threatening storm continues on its collision course with Florida.
—Fernando Cervantes Jr., USA TODAY, 9 Oct. 2024
While its exact track and strength could change, Helene will track north over the extremely warm waters into the Gulf of Mexico which will likely supercharge it on its collision course with the US Gulf Coast.
—Mary Gilbert, CNN, 23 Sep. 2024
Getting off a collision course on the nuclear file is both urgent and essential.
—Daniel Benaim, Foreign Affairs, 22 May 2020
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Kris Van Cleave, CBS News, 18 Oct. 2024
Millions of Floridians have been ordered or urged to flee as Milton, described by many as a catastrophic life-threatening storm continues on its collision course with Florida.
—Fernando Cervantes Jr., USA TODAY, 9 Oct. 2024
While its exact track and strength could change, Helene will track north over the extremely warm waters into the Gulf of Mexico which will likely supercharge it on its collision course with the US Gulf Coast.
—Mary Gilbert, CNN, 23 Sep. 2024
Getting off a collision course on the nuclear file is both urgent and essential.
—Daniel Benaim, Foreign Affairs, 22 May 2020
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“Collision course.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/collision%20course. Accessed 16 Nov. 2024.
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