oncoming car

collocation in English

meaningsofoncomingandcar

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oncoming
adjective[before noun]
uk
/ˈɒnˌkʌm.ɪŋ/us
/ˈɑːnˌkʌm.ɪŋ/
moving towards you or ...
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car
noun[C]
uk
/kɑːr/us
/kɑːr/
a road vehicle with an engine, four wheels, and seats for a small number ...
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(Definition ofoncomingandcarfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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There is the other matter of the lights of theoncomingcar.
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Theoncomingcarsuffered significant body damage.
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His vehicle jumped a divider and struck anoncomingcar.
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The mob moves next to anoncomingcar.
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What about the question of seeing a cyclist or someone else on the road, apart from anoncomingcar?
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It seems that theoncomingcarwas not moving fast but that the driver had no time to react.
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The ability to judge the speed of anoncomingcaris fairly empirical even now under existing standards.
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Tip declines and backs off a curb into the path of anoncomingcar.
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Anoncomingcarcrossed the centre line and crashed head-on into their car.
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Something hit the back of the firstoncomingcar, the second car also sustained damage—it was the side of this car that was struck.
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At the moment when he has already been sufficiently worried by the lights of anoncomingcar, he has got to dim his own.
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For no reason at all, instead of waiting and letting theoncomingcarcome by, he goes on, thereby causing a near accident or an accident.
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The prince's chauffeur, who was in the back seat, also survived, as did the driver of theoncomingcar.
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At 15, he and a friend were involved in a motorcycle accident when they collided with anoncomingcar.
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House was returning from a motorcycle rally when he was struck by anoncomingcarthat was trying to pass another vehicle.
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In the middle images the experienced driver is now fully concentrating on the location where anoncomingcarcould be seen.
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On getting out, the guy observes that theoncomingcar, which did not stop, has left no tire tracks in the snow.
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He lost control of his car on a major freeway, crossed three lanes and the centre median before slamming into anoncomingcar.
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