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Recent Examples of collateral damage
Mayor Scott, Commissioner Worley, and Executive Ball have a responsibility to ensure that Baltimore does not become collateral damage in a fight over immigration policy.
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Christopher Anderson, Baltimore Sun, 9 Jan. 2025
The collateral damage has typically been deemed worth it though, because when a treatment works, the cancer is destroyed and the patient lives.
—Michael Franco, New Atlas, 26 Dec. 2024
The bottom line: As Sun-Times education reporter Nader Issa wrote this week, the power struggle between Johnson and Martinez, and the collateral damage along the way, is unprecedented.
—Carrie Shepherd, Axios, 19 Dec. 2024
The introduction of direct payments from schools to athletes in 2025 will mark another revolutionary change, and collateral damage from the combined upheaval has the potential to affect every key stakeholder of the sport.
—Scott Dochterman, The Athletic, 31 Dec. 2024
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Christopher Anderson, Baltimore Sun, 9 Jan. 2025
The collateral damage has typically been deemed worth it though, because when a treatment works, the cancer is destroyed and the patient lives.
—Michael Franco, New Atlas, 26 Dec. 2024
The bottom line: As Sun-Times education reporter Nader Issa wrote this week, the power struggle between Johnson and Martinez, and the collateral damage along the way, is unprecedented.
—Carrie Shepherd, Axios, 19 Dec. 2024
The introduction of direct payments from schools to athletes in 2025 will mark another revolutionary change, and collateral damage from the combined upheaval has the potential to affect every key stakeholder of the sport.
—Scott Dochterman, The Athletic, 31 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for collateral damage
Noun
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According to the Chicago Department of Transportation, 68% of traffic fatalities in 2023 involved speeding.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
20 Jan. 2025
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While the figures do not differentiate between militants and civilians, women and children are reported to comprise more than half of the fatalities.—
Yaakov Katz,
Newsweek,
17 Jan. 2025
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Aiming for the cheaper end of the market inevitably means that technology sacrifices have to be made.—
Paul Ridden,
New Atlas,
13 Jan. 2025
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In the decades since her mission, advances in technology have reduced the need for such sacrifices.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes,
11 Jan. 2025
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While some federal emergency relief funds will come to victims quickly, additional money to rebuild infrastructure, homes and businesses is likely to flow much more slowly.—
David Lightman,
Sacramento Bee,
15 Jan. 2025
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Sally Smith, a spokesperson for the police department, said Wednesday morning that she's heard the victim is in stable condition at the moment.—
Remington Miller,
arkansasonline.com,
15 Jan. 2025
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The Ukrainians are taking casualties, too of course—and struggling to keep their front-line brigades fully manned.—
David Axe,
Forbes,
16 Jan. 2025
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His administration has faced backlash for not doing enough to press Israel to avoid civilian casualties in its military offensive.—
Alexis Simendinger,
The Hill,
16 Jan. 2025
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On rare occasions, a very hungry bear may attack a human as prey.—
Raul A. Reyes,
Newsweek,
22 Jan. 2025
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These features, whether natural or man-made, provide critical foraging opportunities by increasing prey availability in the surrounding waters.—
Melissa Cristina Marquez,
Forbes,
22 Jan. 2025
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Among the many tragic losses families have suffered amid the ongoing wildfires in Los Angeles County, an Altadena man’s stands out.—
Josh DuBose,
The Hill,
15 Jan. 2025
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Marner was requested to speak to the media after the loss to the Stars but was not made available.—
Joshua Kloke,
The Athletic,
15 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Review Reviewed by Maria Lipman January/February 2025 Published on January 7, 2025 In This Review Patriot: A Memoir By Alexei Navalny Print Save The posthumous memoir by Navalny, the late Russian opposition leader, mingles the account of a politician with the story of a martyr.—
Foreign Affairs,
Foreign Affairs,
7 Jan. 2025
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The defendant, who carried a handwritten manifesto decrying the American health care system, has been cast as a martyr by some people sympathetic to his apparent philosophy — and the charges could strengthen that perception.—
Hurubie Meko,
New York Times,
26 Dec. 2024
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