Example Sentences

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These needs are colliding with already stretched fiscal positions.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 26, 2026

Here, the hot gas stretches much more from top to bottom, a clue that two clusters are colliding.

From Science Daily • Dec. 31, 2025

These forces are colliding in markets, leading to the sharpest intraday swings for stocks in months and leaving investors bracing for more.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 22, 2025

All of these issues are colliding ahead of the film’s theatrical opening next week, a high-stakes debut for Burbank-based Disney.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 12, 2025

“Philanthropy and academic freedom are colliding in ways that have the potential to undermine the true purpose and mission of our universities,” wrote New York Academy of Sciences president Nicholas Dirks in Time.

From Slate • May 11, 2024