Sentences with phrase «set on a collision course»

Steve Bellone, the Democratic town supervisor of Babylon, formally entered the race for county executive yesterday at a rally in his hometown, making him that party's de facto nominee and setting him on a collision course with the G.O.P. front - runner, Suffolk County Treasurer Angie Carpenter.

Labour set itself on a collision course with ITV last night by vowing to ban junk food ads during TV shows Britain's Got Talent and X-Factor.

At 3:04 p.m. EDT (12:04 p.m. PDT) on September 11, the spacecraft used a gravitational nudge from Saturn's largest moon to set itself on a collision course with the giant planet's atmosphere on September 15.

Confirmation of the end of mission is expected from ESA's main control room at 11:20 GMT or 13:20 CEST + / - 20 minutes on 30 September, with the spacecraft set on a collision course with the comet the evening before.

A teen's decision to smoke weed sets him on a collision course with a dog, a group of mean girls, and some gangsters, when he gets the munchies.

His search takes him to Oscorp and the lab of Dr. Curt Connors (Rhys Ifans), setting him on a collision course with Connors» alter ego, the Lizard.

From opposing sides, two heroes are set on a collision course that will decide the fate of their family, their people and their home.

There's been a lot of buzz around Agents of SHIELD's last few episodes — not just because fans were waiting to hear if the show was going to be picked up for a sixth season, but because the show set itself on a collision course with the earth - shattering climax of Avengers: Infinity War.

Vergil helps Dante remember his past, and sets him on a collision course with the most feared demon around... Mundus.

«Profession Set on Collision Course with Government over Independent Regulation.»

Not exact matches

The government disagrees - and because of that is now setting itself on an alarming collision course with the judiciary.

It's a question made all the more acute after the Scottish parliament set itself on a constitutional collision course with Westminster on Tuesday afternoon, when it voted decisively to reject the UK government's EU withdrawal bill.

It is the Commission's hunch that someone is dropping the name of «unnamed DSS Sources» to give a veneer of credibility to a lie and set both agencies on a collision course.

Assemblyman Keith Wright's decision to drop out of the race to replace Sheldon Silver gave his longtime rival, Carl Heastie, a tremendous boost today — and set him up on a potential collision course with lawmakers in the nascent «reform» caucus, as well as some female Democrats.

Len McCluskey set to warn Jeremy Corbyn over Trident Lord West: Corbyn's unarmed Trident plan is dangerous and nonsensical Jeremy Corbyn on collision course with unions over Trident

Scrapping the «non-dom» rule could set Labour on a collision course with the Governor of the Bank of England.

Like an asteroid put on a collision course with the earth millions of years ago, the starlings invaded my territory because of events set in motion in the distant past.

The film is a lumbering, glum, cool - toned behemoth that labors to lay groundwork for a DC cinematic universe while setting up two famous characters on a collision course, and lobs out big ideas like an underprepared undergrad sweatily pitching off - the - cuff thesis topics.

For the past six years, we've been told that he's on a collision course with Earth's Mightiest Heroes, setting us up for the chaos that ensues in this long - heralded culmination.

On a purely narrative level, however, the introduction of some of the villains feels somewhat awkward, as the film has to abandon its point - of - view close to Ruth to show what kind of people they are before they are set onto a collision course with Ruth and Tony, which doesn't quite feel organic.

An Iraq War veteran finds himself on a collision course with his estranged brother when both set their sights on winning a tournament in mixed martial arts.

Ice Age: Collision Course Rated PG for mild rude humor and some action / peril Rotten Tomatoes Score: 13 % In this fifth installment of the franchise that keeps on going whether or not we like it, Scrat the squirrel's acorn quest sets off a chain of events that sends the regular crew on a new adventure into new lands.

In an out - of - this - world adventure, Scrat (voice of Chris Wedge) accidentally sets Earth on a cosmic collision course, and the herd (voices of Ray Romano, Denis Leary and John Leguizamo) is left scrambling to save themselves and the planet from total destruction.

Arlo is ultimately just too good - natured, and incapable of harming another living being to actually go through with the task, which sets him off on a collision course with the child, dabbling in isolation and learning to work together to reach back home.

Meanwhile, Franco's undercover assignment to help a Detroit mobster set up shop in Chicago places him on a collision course with Constantine (William Forsythe).

His arrival triggers a convergence of the power hungry mechanoids featuring the so far un-killable Megatron, the newly formed paramilitary Transformers Reaction Force, and Quintessa (a metallic digital Gemma Chan)-- the Lilith-esque mother of the «Transformers» race who sets the remains of Cybertron on a collision course with Earth.

The two men are set on an unstoppable collision course when Muse and his crew target Phillips» unarmed ship; in the ensuing standoff, both men will find themselves at the mercy of forces beyond their control.

As chance would have it, this is the same tome Paddington wants to get his aunt for her 100th birthday, a coincidence that soon sets thespian and bear on a comic collision course.

The tension between T'Challa and Erik is one of the film's greatest assets, as they are diametrically opposed characters who, on the one hand, fit neatly into the hero and villain molds, yet their opposition is predicated on a decades - old grievous injury that essentially set Erik on a collision course with Wakanda and all it stands for.

Here Scrat (voice of Chris Wedge) accidentally sets Earth on a cosmic collision course, and that puts the herd (voices of Ray Romano, Denis Leary and John Leguizamo) and the rest of the planet's inhabitants scrambling to save themselves from utter destruction.

One provocative exhibit — a simple, illuminated quadrangle in which all burdens and responsibilities are shared, one of those «safe spaces» that inexplicably frighten alt - right types — sets the institution on a collision course with controversy that slowly but surely undoes the sanity of its curator.

sets the institution on a collision course with controversy that slowly but surely undoes the sanity of its curator.

With his graceful shot, this poor boy unknowingly set the middle - school girl world on a collision course with his.

Paying teachers according to how well they perform is set to put Education Secretary, Michael Gove, on a collision course with teaching unions, who claim the government is tearing up national pay structures.

And this may be the best example of the mindset that is setting the Big 5 on a collision course with irrelevancy.

But with modernization and infrastructure development — bridges, roads, rural electrification, Internet and more — contact and globalization have set human and wild nature on an ugly collision course.

Once these seeds germinate, you have set them on a sure collision course with psychological, emotional and social disorder.