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as in to clash
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 to bump
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 collide
Aerial footage from the scene showed a sedan with severe damage that appeared to have collided with a power pole after the initial collision with a truck.
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Austin Turner, CBS News, 24 Apr. 2026
Camera footage from the scene showed the two buses colliding.
—ABC News, 24 Apr. 2026
According to an arrest affidavit, Simeon drove the wrong way on the Palmetto Expressway for at least a mile before colliding near Northwest 57th Avenue with a dark gray Honda Accord driven by 19-year-old Brianna Michelle Pacalagua.
—Milena Malaver, Miami Herald, 24 Apr. 2026
Michael Wolcott, 33, of Riverside, Missouri, died after his 2024 Kawasaki motorcycle collided with a tractor trailer, according to a news release from Capt.
—Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 23 Apr. 2026
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Austin Turner, CBS News, 24 Apr. 2026
Camera footage from the scene showed the two buses colliding.
—ABC News, 24 Apr. 2026
According to an arrest affidavit, Simeon drove the wrong way on the Palmetto Expressway for at least a mile before colliding near Northwest 57th Avenue with a dark gray Honda Accord driven by 19-year-old Brianna Michelle Pacalagua.
—Milena Malaver, Miami Herald, 24 Apr. 2026
Michael Wolcott, 33, of Riverside, Missouri, died after his 2024 Kawasaki motorcycle collided with a tractor trailer, according to a news release from Capt.
—Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 23 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for collide
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This afternoon’s clash with Newcastle is one of three home games of their final five, with Fulham and Burnley being the remaining pair to take place at the Emirates Stadium.—
Mark Carey,
New York Times,
25 Apr. 2026
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John Phelan clashed with Hegseth and other senior officials over efforts to revive US shipbuilding.—
Semafor Events,
semafor.com,
24 Apr. 2026
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Due to the size of the crowd, one of the people the boy was with was bumped into an unknown woman, who told them not to bump into her again.—
Todd Feurer,
CBS News,
29 Apr. 2026
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Some of the recent videos show the runners bumping into security guards and shoving past church staff, then leaving after being cornered and told to get off the property.—
James Queally,
Los Angeles Times,
28 Apr. 2026
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Law enforcement and media leaders offered conflicting guidance.—
Andrea Castillo,
Los Angeles Times,
26 Apr. 2026
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Randi Press, Gary’s wife, was conflicted for different reasons.—
Ben Crandell,
Sun Sentinel,
24 Apr. 2026
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But as anyone who’s dropped a mug knows, ceramics are also brittle and prone to smashing.—
Caitlin Kennedy,
Scientific American,
25 Apr. 2026
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Police said three men wearing masks and all black clothing entered the open business and allegedly used a hammer to smash out several glass panels.—
Stephen Underwood,
Hartford Courant,
25 Apr. 2026
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The ruling was slammed by Democrats across the nation and by the three more liberal justices on the high court, who rejected the conservative majority’s characterization that its decision upheld the Voting Rights Act rather than gutted it.—
Jack O'Connor,
Chicago Tribune,
29 Apr. 2026
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Washington — The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey is putting tracking devices in airport vehicles after an Air Canada Express regional jet landing at LaGuardia Airport last month slammed into a fire truck on the runway, killing the plane’s two pilots.—
Alexandra Skores,
CNN Money,
29 Apr. 2026
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But the loudness and frequency of cacerolazos—protests where people bang pots—across the island attest to the rage.—
Gisela Salim-Peyer,
The Atlantic,
23 Apr. 2026
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Jurors then heard sounds of banging and choking and Athena screaming and crying, the Star-Telegram reports.—
KC Baker,
PEOPLE,
22 Apr. 2026
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The characters can be flawed, and cars can crash, McDermott says, but NASCAR wanted race scenes to look authentic and was adamant that the series not depict anyone driving under the influence of drugs or alcohol.—
Brian Steinberg,
Variety,
30 Apr. 2026
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Zevik Glidai, a 78-year-old math teacher and volunteer ambulance driver, discovered coils of the translucent fiber-optic cables surrounding a drone that crashed into his backyard in the northern Israeli city of Kiryat Shmona on April 13.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
30 Apr. 2026
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And Silva hit a home run, her third, after attempting a bunt on the previous pitch.—
Dan Albano,
Oc Register,
25 Apr. 2026
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The Seattle Seahawks have already hit three of their biggest needs in the 2026 NFL Draft, taking Notre Dame running back Jadarian Price on Thursday night in Round 1 and TCU safety Bud Clark and Arkansas cornerback Julian Neal in the second and third rounds on Friday.—
Michael-Shawn Dugar,
New York Times,
25 Apr. 2026
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“Collide.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/collide. Accessed 1 May. 2026.
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