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Recent Examples of collateral damage
Flair and Bliss have been collateral damage and have been forced to make nice with Ripley ahead of their six-woman tag team match at Saturday Night’s Main Event.
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Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 23 May 2026
Just as the novel sought to reveal how Britain abandoned veterans, this dreamy and compelling interpretation gestures at the collateral damage of Nigeria’s military.
—David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 22 May 2026
That experience is important for a criminal-centric body, one which sees an offender as a victim and the victims of their crimes as collateral damage.
—Boston Herald Editorial Staff, Boston Herald, 20 May 2026
Hochul knew this deadline was coming and still allowed commuters, small businesses, nurses, teachers, and tourists to become collateral damage.
—Alexa Herrera, CBS News, 16 May 2026
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Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 23 May 2026
Just as the novel sought to reveal how Britain abandoned veterans, this dreamy and compelling interpretation gestures at the collateral damage of Nigeria’s military.
—David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 22 May 2026
That experience is important for a criminal-centric body, one which sees an offender as a victim and the victims of their crimes as collateral damage.
—Boston Herald Editorial Staff, Boston Herald, 20 May 2026
Hochul knew this deadline was coming and still allowed commuters, small businesses, nurses, teachers, and tourists to become collateral damage.
—Alexa Herrera, CBS News, 16 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for collateral damage
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Since records began in the 1920s, 344 people have died on Everest, according to The Himalayan Database, but the ratio of fatalities to climbers who venture above base camp is less than 1%.—
Helen Regan,
CNN Money,
30 May 2026
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The majority of these strikes happen during the summer, causing around 20 fatalities each year, according to the NWS.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
30 May 2026
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Her work has been touted nationally, but behind those accomplishments are sacrifices no one sees, said her son Paul Wilson.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
30 May 2026
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The only potential argument to sway someone who fervently believes that is appealing to their sense of solidarity—to the obligations that every member of society has to every other, to the sacrifices that everyone must make to ensure that society is safe for all.—
Diana Gitig,
ArsTechnica,
30 May 2026
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Newsom’s office said Thursday that the state is providing assistance to victims, family members and witnesses of the mosque shooting.—
Teri Figueroa,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
29 May 2026
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The bodies of two people were found earlier this week, before crews recovered the remains of another six victims on Thursday, May 28, Longview fire chief Brad Hannig said in a press conference later that day.—
Adam England,
PEOPLE,
29 May 2026
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No damage or casualties were reported.—
Kyla Guilfoil,
NBC news,
29 May 2026
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Russian casualties also have soared to more than 30,000 a month, draining the Kremlin’s financial resources even more as bigger incentives must be offered to recruit enough replacements and pay out death benefits.—
Jason Ma,
Fortune,
29 May 2026
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Finally, in the Oaxacan field test, the team showed that predatory wasps use the airborne distress signals to find their prey, but the relative importance of direct leaf defenses versus this indirect wasp recruitment isn’t clear.—
Jacek Krywko,
ArsTechnica,
3 June 2026
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Gay men were portrayed as both predators and prey, feeding into dangerous stereotypes at a time when the community was fighting for survival.—
Matthew Carey,
Deadline,
2 June 2026
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In that loss, USC stranded 13 runners, struck out 12 times and left men in scoring position in each of the first seven innings.—
Jose de Jesus Ortiz,
Los Angeles Times,
1 June 2026
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The Trojans followed that with three consecutive singles to load the bases and chase Ciscar, who pitched two-plus innings of relief after logging just two outs as Miami’s starter in Saturday’s blowout loss to Florida.—
Jordan McPherson,
Miami Herald,
31 May 2026
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His crusade ended in gunfire at a Day of the Dead festival, turning Manzo into a martyr figure and symbol against corruption.—
Kate Linthicum,
Los Angeles Times,
18 May 2026
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However, in practice, the drama of this World War II spy saga seldom lives up to the filmmaker’s lofty aesthetic goals, resulting in a tale of torture and human fragility that flatlines long before its central martyr.—
Siddhant Adlakha,
Variety,
17 May 2026
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“Collateral damage.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/collateral%20damage. Accessed 5 Jun. 2026.
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