How to Use collision course in a Sentence

collision course

noun
Definition of collision coursenext
  • All seems fine until a shocking and personal death sets them on a collision course yet again.
    — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 27 Mar. 2020
  • But it’s on a collision course with the citizens of the brutal Savage Lands.
    — cleveland, 8 June 2020
  • The Milky Way is on a collision course with the Andromeda galaxy.
    — Ashley Strickland, CNN, 6 July 2020
  • Now Trump and Sanders — both familiar with the insurgent role — are on a collision course.
    — Gromer Jeffers Jr., Dallas News, 24 Feb. 2020
  • Biden's show of force puts him on a collision course with Sanders that will test who Democrats view as more electable in November.
    — Julie Pace, Anchorage Daily News, 4 Mar. 2020
  • 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, 9 Apr. 2020
  • Blackford is on a collision course to meet Tipton (17-5) for the sectional title.
    — Kyle Neddenriep, Indianapolis Star, 2 Mar. 2020
  • Colerain and Fairfield were on a collision course throughout the season with each team starting 7-1 in conference play.
    — Shelby Dermer, Cincinnati.com, 16 Mar. 2020
  • Britain is on a collision course with airlines furious over the country's quarantine measures for inbound travelers.
    — Bernhard Warner, Fortune, 8 June 2020
  • That puts the two bills on a collision course, but the momentum of suddenly shifting American attitudes is driving both.
    — Lisa Mascaro, Anchorage Daily News, 18 June 2020
  • Cook's outspokenness on civil rights could set him on a collision course with President Donald Trump.
    — CBS News, 19 June 2020
  • The moves have put U.S. technology titans on a potential collision course with Beijing.
    — Dan Fitzpatrick, WSJ, 10 July 2020
  • These teams have been on a collision course for a while.
    — Kyle Neddenriep, The Indianapolis Star, 24 Nov. 2021
  • These two teams appear to be on a collision course to meet again in the final.
    — Mike Puzzanghera, BostonGlobe.com, 31 Oct. 2022
  • If the Sixers finish as the No. 4 seed, these two teams could be on a collision course in Round 2.
    — Bryan Toporek, Forbes, 9 Apr. 2022
  • The decision was among the things that put the country on a collision course for the Civil War.
    — Time, 22 Apr. 2021
  • That disdain puts him on a collision course with Hemsworth’s Thor, a god by birth.
    — David Betancourt, Washington Post, 29 June 2022
  • 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. 2022
  • But 2024 is already shaping up to be quite the collision course.
    — Rachel Siegel, Washington Post, 6 Mar. 2024
  • The problem—it’s on a direct collision course with Earth.
    — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 13 Dec. 2021
  • The problem — it’s on a direct collision course with Earth.
    — Samantha Olson, Seventeen, 9 Sep. 2021
  • But the confidence of the White House sets up an inevitable collision course.
    — Astead W. Herndon, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2023
  • Universes on a collision course can lead to the destruction of one or both of them.
    — Chris Smith, BGR, 14 May 2022
  • Humans could add a twist to the use of asteroids in the flyby idea and instead put them on a collision course with the moon, Gyuk says.
    — Maddie Bender, Scientific American, 18 June 2021
  • That put her on a collision course with Clint Barton/Hawkeye, who had hung up his Ronin gear for good.
    — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 18 May 2022
  • That’s where the collision course of Fain and Musk comes in (each of their reps didn’t respond to Fortune’s request for comment).
    — Chloe Berger, Fortune, 8 Dec. 2023
  • That set Greater Cincinnati on the collision course with Messi.
    — The Enquirer, 22 Aug. 2023
  • Butler look to be on a collision course to meet in the regional final for the second straight year.
    — Jason Frakes, The Courier-Journal, 22 Mar. 2021
  • That set the Paris Saint-Germain teammates on a collision course to meet in what proved to be an amazing final.
    — Staff Writer follow, Los Angeles Times, 20 Dec. 2022
  • 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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