How to Use on a collision course in a Sentence
on a collision course
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That put the county on a collision course with the state.
—Jessica Garrison, Los Angeles Times, 2 Nov. 2023
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These two teams appear to be on a collision course to meet again in the final.
—Mike Puzzanghera, BostonGlobe.com, 31 Oct. 2022
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The pair set out to learn more about their late father, a quest which sets them on a collision course with Monarch.
—Clark Collis, EW.com, 3 Nov. 2023
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That disdain puts him on a collision course with Hemsworth’s Thor, a god by birth.
—David Betancourt, Washington Post, 29 June 2022
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Cut back to Montana, and Cara's also on a collision course of sorts.
—Matt Cabral, EW.com, 6 Feb. 2023
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The United States and Turkey are on a collision course.
—Philip H. Gordon, Foreign Affairs, 10 Jan. 2020
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Wood had a knack for being on a collision course with some of the pro football’s best quarterbacks of the 1960s.
—Mark Inabinett | Minabinett@al.com, al, 21 Apr. 2023
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Wood had a knack for being on a collision course with some of the pro football’s best quarterbacks of the 1960s.
—Mark Inabinett | Minabinett@al.com, al, 21 Apr. 2023
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The problem was his two-inning start put the Guardians on a collision course with their worst-case scenario.
—Paul Hoynes, cleveland, 29 Aug. 2023
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The two countries appeared to be on a collision course, destined for war.
—Odd Arne Westad, Foreign Affairs, 13 June 2024
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France; however, seems to be on a collision course for the finals.
—Chris Ilenstine, Chicago Tribune, 9 Dec. 2022
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That put her on a collision course with Clint Barton/Hawkeye, who had hung up his Ronin gear for good.
—Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 3 Nov. 2023
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These two concepts of the executive branch have been on a collision course for a long time.
—Stephen I. Vladeck, Foreign Affairs, 19 Oct. 2021
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If successful, this method could be used to deflect a NEO on a collision course with Earth.
—Stefanie Waldek, Travel + Leisure, 24 Jan. 2022
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That put her on a collision course with Clint Barton/Hawkeye.
—Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 12 Sep. 2022
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No matter which approach wins out, though, our heroes seem set on a collision course with what’s left of the Empire.
—Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 15 Mar. 2023
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The move could place U.S. and Iranian military forces on a collision course.
—Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 8 Aug. 2023
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Slowly, Phobos is spiraling toward Mars—and the doomed moon is on a collision course with the planet.
—Carlyn Kranking, Smithsonian Magazine, 15 Feb. 2024
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This approach reveals that late 19th- and 20th-century global forces set the two sides on a collision course.
—TIME, 1 Feb. 2024
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The investigation of a brutal death sends Turner on a collision course with the dark secrets within the park, and in his own past.
—Denise Petski, Deadline, 24 June 2024
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That puts Joshua and Alphie on a collision course to some serious bonding.
—Glenn Whipp, Los Angeles Times, 26 Sep. 2023
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As kids, most of us learned how to play an on-the-fly version of chicken: two players are on a collision course that can be avoided only if one of the parties swerves.
—Philip Elliott, Time, 17 Jan. 2023
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In many respects, Iran and Israel have been on a collision course for nearly half a century.
—Daniel Arkin, NBC News, 16 Apr. 2024
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The test is in preparation for a potential need in the future to defend the planet against asteroids and comets on a collision course with Earth.
—People Staff, Peoplemag, 26 Sep. 2022
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The poles of American politics were on a collision course.
—Sarah Ellison and Greg Jaffe, Anchorage Daily News, 7 Aug. 2023
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That puts the House on a collision course with Senate Democrats, who are likely drafting budgets with a much larger number.
—Cami Mondeaux, Washington Examiner, 10 Aug. 2023
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Israel and Iran have been on a collision course throughout Israel’s six-month war against Hamas militants in Gaza.
—Tia Goldenberg, The Christian Science Monitor, 14 Apr. 2024
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Sure, Maron opens the special by pointing out that society seems to be on a collision course with disaster, and there’s little that can be done about it.
—Michael Schneider, Variety, 20 June 2023
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More fatefully, her schemes set her on a collision course with the Allwhite Writer himself.
—Jesse Green, New York Times, 10 Apr. 2023
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The two teams dominated opponents throughout the season and seemed on a collision course in the title game.
—oregonlive, 24 Nov. 2022
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