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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Once the best of friends, petty jealousies and a series of betrayals place them on a deadly collision course that will reshape the Mafia (and America) forever.
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Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 12 Feb. 2025
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Taylor Swift and Donald Trump on collision course at Super Bowl
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—Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 8 Feb. 2025
The infinite cosmos is a dangerous place brimming with threatening space rocks that, at any moment, could be discovered on a treacherous collision course with Earth.
—Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 27 Dec. 2024
This might finally be the year for No. 1 Sandwich (20-0) to break through against the only team that’s beat it the last three years, set on a collision course to meet with No. 2 Watertown (17-0) and its 92-game win streak in the Div. 3 state final for the third time in four years.
—Tom Mulherin, Boston Herald, 1 Nov. 2024
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Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 12 Feb. 2025
Read more Which Super Bowl commercials will have the biggest celebrities?
Taylor Swift and Donald Trump on collision course at Super Bowl
Is Travis Kelce a Trump supporter?
—Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 8 Feb. 2025
The infinite cosmos is a dangerous place brimming with threatening space rocks that, at any moment, could be discovered on a treacherous collision course with Earth.
—Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 27 Dec. 2024
This might finally be the year for No. 1 Sandwich (20-0) to break through against the only team that’s beat it the last three years, set on a collision course to meet with No. 2 Watertown (17-0) and its 92-game win streak in the Div. 3 state final for the third time in four years.
—Tom Mulherin, Boston Herald, 1 Nov. 2024
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“Collision course.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/collision%20course. Accessed 19 Feb. 2025.
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