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Recent Examples of collateral damage
The men who will die from this are nothing more than collateral damage here.
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Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 4 Mar. 2025
Trump has discarded decades of American foreign policy orthodoxy, forging ahead in pursuit of new deals with countries like Russia — while other allies like Ukraine are left as collateral damage.
—Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 4 Mar. 2025
From the initial sub-orbital drop-in that leaves deep craters in the ground, your Hunter deals serious collateral damage.
—Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 25 Mar. 2025
In the last three years, the central macroeconomic question has been whether Fed interest rate hikes would succeed in bringing down inflation, and how much collateral damage the hikes would cause along the way.
—Axios, 20 Mar. 2025
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Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 4 Mar. 2025
Trump has discarded decades of American foreign policy orthodoxy, forging ahead in pursuit of new deals with countries like Russia — while other allies like Ukraine are left as collateral damage.
—Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 4 Mar. 2025
From the initial sub-orbital drop-in that leaves deep craters in the ground, your Hunter deals serious collateral damage.
—Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 25 Mar. 2025
In the last three years, the central macroeconomic question has been whether Fed interest rate hikes would succeed in bringing down inflation, and how much collateral damage the hikes would cause along the way.
—Axios, 20 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for collateral damage
Noun
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Research shows that nighttime tornadoes are more than twice as likely to result in fatalities compared to daytime events.—
Jim Foerster,
Forbes.com,
2 Apr. 2025
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The fire was knocked down at 9:50 p.m. and one civilian fatality was confirmed, while another occupant was accounted for.—
Jason Mastrodonato,
Mercury News,
31 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Their sacrifices and bravery were foundational to the nation’s independence, and acknowledging their stories ensures a more inclusive and accurate portrayal of American history.—
Will Minter,
Hartford Courant,
26 Mar. 2025
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Their small sacrifices have given Weil a thundering fundraising lead: nearly $10 million and counting, to Fine’s roughly $1 million (various sources report different figures) more than half of which appears to be his own money.—
Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board,
The Orlando Sentinel,
25 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Once identified, the kit dynamically loads a counterfeit login page tailored to that provider, often with the victim’s email address already filled in.—
Alex Vakulov,
Forbes.com,
28 Mar. 2025
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Preliminary investigation indicates there was an incident between people in the parking lot just before the victim was shot.—
Noelle Alviz-Gransee,
Kansas City Star,
27 Mar. 2025
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Orenburg Governor Yevgeny Solntsev said that drones tried to target an airfield, but there were no casualties or destruction.—
Raja Krishnamoorthi,
MSNBC Newsweek,
9 Apr. 2025
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South Korea's National Intelligence Service said in March that North Korean forces had suffered around 5,000 casualties, according to the Yonhap news agency, South Korea's state media.—
David Brennan,
ABC News,
8 Apr. 2025
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The artifacts, researchers say, could help shed light on the complex ways in which ancient humans hunted for their prey and fixed their broken belongings.—
Livia Albeck-Ripka,
New York Times,
4 Apr. 2025
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Now, with rising temperatures signaling the start of mating season and the return of prey, snakes are back on the move — and encounters with humans become far more likely.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes.com,
3 Apr. 2025
Noun
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The losses in the past two years will be more motivating for us.—
Gary Curreri,
Sun Sentinel,
28 Mar. 2025
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An 11-3 Opening Day loss in Baltimore didn’t define the Angels last year.—
Sam Blum,
New York Times,
28 Mar. 2025
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Saint is a stand-in for his father, who envisions himself as a martyr being attacked by all sides.—
Jayson Buford,
Rolling Stone,
29 Mar. 2025
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Yoko, a new biography about Ono by David Sheff, opens with a prologue about Cut Piece, introducing her—as provocateur, martyr, and social experimenter—through the lens of her own creation.—
Beatrice Loayza,
ARTnews.com,
26 Mar. 2025
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“Collateral damage.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/collateral%20damage. Accessed 15 Apr. 2025.
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