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as in clashed
to be out of harmony or agreement usually noticeably
the candidate had a reputation as a maverick whose positions often collided with the party platform
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as in bumped
to come into usually forceful contact with something
fortunately, I wasn't hurt when my bike collided with that fence
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Recent Examples of collided
Last month, a Chinese navy ship collided with a Chinese Coast Guard ship while trying to block a Philippine Coast Guard vessel near the Scarborough Shoal.
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Mike Brest, The Washington Examiner, 13 Sep. 2025
In the 117th minute, Hampton and Alex Greenwood collided defending a corner.
—Charlotte Harpur, New York Times, 13 Sep. 2025
Yet the morning's hopeful energy quickly collided with harsh reality.
—Sonal Nain, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 Sep. 2025
Some whales have become stranded or collided with ships when overwhelmed by anthropogenic noise, while others have been left to, dangerously, reduce singing altogether.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 11 Sep. 2025
This is quite the speedy return to practice for Worthy, who collided with Kelce on a crossing route only three plays into the team’s Week 1 loss to the Chargers.
—Pete Sweeney, Kansas City Star, 11 Sep. 2025
In the Chiefs' first series, the tight end collided with his teammate, wide receiver Xavier Worthy, when their routes inadvertently converged.
—Anna Lazarus Caplan, PEOPLE, 10 Sep. 2025
Brunner's 2011 Ford Ranger collided with a Jeep Grand Cherokee, carrying six members of the Marquette University men's lacrosse team, according to the complaint.
—Hope Karnopp, jsonline.com, 10 Sep. 2025
The Los Angeles Chargers took a 10-point lead, and one of the Kansas City Chiefs’ best wide receivers collided with a star player, resulting in a serious injury.
—Jeff Fedotin, Forbes.com, 6 Sep. 2025
Mike Brest, The Washington Examiner, 13 Sep. 2025
In the 117th minute, Hampton and Alex Greenwood collided defending a corner.
—Charlotte Harpur, New York Times, 13 Sep. 2025
Yet the morning's hopeful energy quickly collided with harsh reality.
—Sonal Nain, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 Sep. 2025
Some whales have become stranded or collided with ships when overwhelmed by anthropogenic noise, while others have been left to, dangerously, reduce singing altogether.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 11 Sep. 2025
This is quite the speedy return to practice for Worthy, who collided with Kelce on a crossing route only three plays into the team’s Week 1 loss to the Chargers.
—Pete Sweeney, Kansas City Star, 11 Sep. 2025
In the Chiefs' first series, the tight end collided with his teammate, wide receiver Xavier Worthy, when their routes inadvertently converged.
—Anna Lazarus Caplan, PEOPLE, 10 Sep. 2025
Brunner's 2011 Ford Ranger collided with a Jeep Grand Cherokee, carrying six members of the Marquette University men's lacrosse team, according to the complaint.
—Hope Karnopp, jsonline.com, 10 Sep. 2025
The Los Angeles Chargers took a 10-point lead, and one of the Kansas City Chiefs’ best wide receivers collided with a star player, resulting in a serious injury.
—Jeff Fedotin, Forbes.com, 6 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for collided
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Cosmists who believed in technology as a messianic force clashed not just with the Svyatogor camp, but also with the communists, whose guiding ideology of Marxism-Leninism was predicated on the dismantling of age-old social systems to establish a novel world order.—
Tim Brinkhof,
Big Think,
12 Sep. 2025
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Kirk was no stranger to the UC Davis campus — in 2023, 100 protestors clashed with police at a demonstration against the far-right commentator speaking on campus, resulting in two arrests.—
Graham Womack,
Sacbee.com,
11 Sep. 2025
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Then, the Atlantic published the first excerpt of Harris’s new book, 107 Days — the title refers to the length of her presidential campaign after she was belatedly bumped to the top of the Democratic ticket.—
W. James Antle III,
The Washington Examiner,
12 Sep. 2025
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While running around the suite in excitement, my daughter bumped her head on the dining table.—
Essence,
Essence,
12 Sep. 2025
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That order conflicted with the state’s code, however, and in March, legislators rejected a bill that would have weakened that law and codified religious exemptions to vaccination.—
Brenda Goodman,
CNN Money,
5 Sep. 2025
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No Ill Will Towards WWE Kelly explained that the invitation came at the last minute and conflicted with her husband's work schedule, which would have created a difficult logistical situation.—
Andrew Ravens,
MSNBC Newsweek,
2 Sep. 2025
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In the aftermath of the assassination of conservative commentator Charlie Kirk, several Democratic power players mourned him and slammed political violence.—
Ross O'Keefe,
The Washington Examiner,
11 Sep. 2025
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The vehicle then went off the roadway and slammed into a utility box, a sheriff’s news release said.—
City News Service,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
10 Sep. 2025
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After McNeil refused to get out of his car, Bowers smashed the driver’s side window, punched McNeil in the head and pulled him out of the SUV.—
Christopher Cann,
USA Today,
10 Sep. 2025
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Protesters smashed windows and looted local businesses and set government buildings on fire.—
Lex Harvey,
CNN Money,
10 Sep. 2025
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This prompted an intervention from the speaker, who banged his gavel multiple times.—
Zachary Folk,
Forbes.com,
12 Sep. 2025
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Maximo Acosta banged a leadoff double off the center-field wall.—
Alex Krutchik,
Miami Herald,
6 Sep. 2025
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In 2020, three 16-year-olds were killed when a man rammed his car into their vehicle in retaliation for pulling a ding-dong-ditch prank on him.—
Danya Gainor,
CNN Money,
3 Sep. 2025
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After investigating, officers learned the man rammed his car into his ex-girlfriend’s mom’s house before leaving the area, police said.—
Paloma Chavez,
Sacbee.com,
2 Sep. 2025
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That Tuesday morning, Rodriguez was home with a seven-month-old baby when a friend of hers—who happened to be a police officer at the 41st Precinct in the Bronx—called her to tell her a plane had crashed into the World Trade Center.—
Rachel Burchfield,
Forbes.com,
11 Sep. 2025
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And in a rural field near Shanksville, Pennsylvania, a similar ceremony marked by moments of silence, the reading of names and the laying of wreaths, will honor the victims of Flight 93, the hijacked plane that crashed after crew members and passengers tried to storm the cockpit.—
Philip Marcelo,
Fortune,
11 Sep. 2025
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“Collided.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/collided. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.
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