How to Use collision course in a Sentence

collision course

noun
Definition of collision coursenext
  • The two sides have been on a collision course for months.
    — Zeina Karam and Aron Heller, The Christian Science Monitor, 10 May 2018
  • These teams have been on a collision course for a while.
    — Kyle Neddenriep, The Indianapolis Star, 24 Nov. 2021
  • In a sense, this has put the U.S. and North Korea on a collision course for years.
    — CBS News, 15 June 2018
  • These two teams appear to be on a collision course to meet again in the final.
    — Mike Puzzanghera, BostonGlobe.com, 31 Oct. 2022
  • What if the other person has the same idea, and their tilt puts both heads on a collision course?
    — Gregg Doyel, Indianapolis Star, 24 May 2018
  • 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
  • This big lie is setting them on some sort of collision course.
    — Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 17 June 2019
  • There, Uber is set on a fresh collision course with an old friend, Didi.
    — Aarian Marshall, WIRED, 12 June 2018
  • Israel and Iran have appeared to be on a collision course for months.
    — Josef Federman, Fox News, 11 May 2018
  • As tensions rise in the Gulf, America and Iran seem to be on a collision course.
    — A.k., The Economist, 22 July 2019
  • 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
  • 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 Milky Way is on a collision course with the Andromeda galaxy.
    — Ashley Strickland, CNN, 6 July 2020
  • 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
  • But it’s on a collision course with the citizens of the brutal Savage Lands.
    — cleveland, 8 June 2020
  • So the Giants are on a collision course with the dilemma to double down on a star running back as their bell cow.
    — Pat Leonard, courant.com, 15 July 2019
  • 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
  • The Group A winner is on a collision course with the United States for the quarterfinals.
    — Nancy Armour, USA TODAY, 31 May 2019
  • The Milky Way is on a collision course with Andromeda in about four billion years.
    — Fox News, 3 Oct. 2019
  • Universes on a collision course can lead to the destruction of one or both of them.
    — Chris Smith, BGR, 14 May 2022
  • So, from the start, Fusion, Steele, Russia, and Trumpworld were on a collision course.
    — Jane Mayer, The New Yorker, 26 Nov. 2019
  • 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
  • But demographic trends are setting up a collision course with young people in the pews.
    — Ryan Struyk, CNN, 20 Sep. 2024
  • In theory, the kinetic energy could push the object away from its collision course with Earth.
    — David Bressan, Forbes, 25 Sep. 2024

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