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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How an asteroid responds to external forces is vital for scientists to learn how to deflect an asteroid off a collision course with Earth.
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Jamie Carter, Forbes, 20 Nov. 2024
Marquette University elevated acting president Kimo Ah Yun to the permanent job as faculty consider taking a vote of no-confidence against him and his leadership team, setting up a potential collision course between the new president and professors.
—Kelly Meyerhofer, Journal Sentinel, 20 Nov. 2024
The best photos from the 2024 NFL season 1 of 74
Chiefs and Lions on Super Bowl collision course?
—Ben Morse, CNN, 5 Nov. 2024
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.
—Kris Van Cleave, CBS News, 18 Oct. 2024
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Jamie Carter, Forbes, 20 Nov. 2024
Marquette University elevated acting president Kimo Ah Yun to the permanent job as faculty consider taking a vote of no-confidence against him and his leadership team, setting up a potential collision course between the new president and professors.
—Kelly Meyerhofer, Journal Sentinel, 20 Nov. 2024
The best photos from the 2024 NFL season 1 of 74
Chiefs and Lions on Super Bowl collision course?
—Ben Morse, CNN, 5 Nov. 2024
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.
—Kris Van Cleave, CBS News, 18 Oct. 2024
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“Collision course.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/collision%20course. Accessed 16 Dec. 2024.
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