Example Sentences

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Still, AI bubble and disruption fears in the U.S. stock market have collided with private credit, according to Anthony Saglimbene, chief market strategist at Ameriprise Financial.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 21, 2026

Tiny fluctuations in brightness reveal that the star may have collided and merged with another star long ago, a violent event that likely left it spinning much faster than normal.

From Science Daily • Dec. 26, 2025

With the American West no longer lonely and unpopulated, the wind-scattered weeds have collided, quite literally, with the faux mansions and exurban retreats of transplants escaping the winter chill of New England or Canada.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 17, 2025

But so far, none of them have collided with dark matter, said Dr. Abigail Kopec, an Assistant Professor of Physics & Astronomy at Bucknell University in Pennsylvania, who works with the collider’s data.

From Salon • Dec. 26, 2024

Yes, my high school world and my other world have collided a couple of times recently, but Bre exists on a different plane from everyone else.

From "Odd One Out" by Nic Stone