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Recent Examples of collateral damage
Part of the collateral damage was the manuscript of Thorkelín’s edition of Beowulf (though not his two transcripts).
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Literary Hub, 10 Oct. 2025
The result is a mobile, autonomous counter-drone system that can defeat swarms of unmanned aircraft with precision and minimal collateral damage.
—Kapil Kajal, Interesting Engineering, 9 Oct. 2025
This significantly decreases the likelihood of collateral damage on the forces deployed by a security guarantor, allowing that partner to be a neutral and idle spectator rather than an active belligerent.
—Omar Al-Ubaydli, semafor.com, 8 Oct. 2025
Cases are won, but not without collateral damage; relationships mend, but not without scars.
—Okla Jones, Essence, 25 Sep. 2025
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Literary Hub, 10 Oct. 2025
The result is a mobile, autonomous counter-drone system that can defeat swarms of unmanned aircraft with precision and minimal collateral damage.
—Kapil Kajal, Interesting Engineering, 9 Oct. 2025
This significantly decreases the likelihood of collateral damage on the forces deployed by a security guarantor, allowing that partner to be a neutral and idle spectator rather than an active belligerent.
—Omar Al-Ubaydli, semafor.com, 8 Oct. 2025
Cases are won, but not without collateral damage; relationships mend, but not without scars.
—Okla Jones, Essence, 25 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for collateral damage
Recent Examples of Synonyms for collateral damage
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Ackerman noted that the number of fatalities in each storm dropped, to no fatalities in the powerful 1998 storm.—
Keith Matheny,
Freep.com,
2 Nov. 2025
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Senior local government official Swapnil Dinkar Pundkar has stated that eight of the fatalities are women and one is a child, per the AP.—
Toria Sheffield,
PEOPLE,
1 Nov. 2025
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But what's really cool is how the movie brings those story lines together in a narrative filled with intriguing twists, gnarly kills, heroic sacrifices and a slew of nifty new Predator designs.—
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
9 Nov. 2025
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Swapping the pie crust for these biscuits is a small sacrifice—if it could even be called that.—
Mary Shannon Wells,
Southern Living,
9 Nov. 2025
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Some analysts argue that while Christians have been targeted by Boko Haram and other Islamist groups seeking to impose their extreme interpretation of Islamic law, Muslims, including those considered moderate, have also been victims of those groups.—
Nimi Princewill,
CNN Money,
3 Nov. 2025
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According to the investigators' notes, the victims left a sliding door open on the night of the attack for Goncalves' dog, who was found unharmed in her bed.—
Michael Ruiz,
FOXNews.com,
3 Nov. 2025
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Britain ultimately lost not only because of Washington’s extraordinary tenacity in the war’s several mainland theaters, but also because the king’s men had to stage long sieges, wage desperate naval battles, and take mounting casualties on too many other fronts spread too far apart.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
7 Nov. 2025
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While casualties include both Christians and Muslims, and most Boko Haram and ISWAP operations take place in majority-Muslim areas, both groups often emphasize the targeting of Christians in their respective messaging.—
Tom O'Connor,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 Nov. 2025
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Shorebirds like sandpipers and plovers use this sense to detect prey beneath the sand by sensing subtle mechanical vibrations.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
7 Nov. 2025
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Many thousands flee its mandatory, indefinite military service – and some fall prey to exploitative trafficking gangs.—
Mick Krever,
CNN Money,
6 Nov. 2025
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Maduro has ruled Venezuela with an iron fist since 2013 and has clung to power despite an apparently decisive loss in the 2024 presidential election.—
Stefano Pozzebon,
CNN Money,
5 Nov. 2025
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The former Indianapolis Colts owner didn’t want anyone to miss his message following the Colts’ catastrophic end-of-season collapse that was punctuated by a 26-11 loss to the 3-14 Jaguars.—
James Boyd,
New York Times,
5 Nov. 2025
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What to Know Maloyan was an Armenian bishop and martyr who was killed during the Ottoman genocide in 1915.—
Jenni Fink,
MSNBC Newsweek,
31 Oct. 2025
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Some religious leaders are calling him a martyr, as his faith drove his politics.—
Taylor Seely,
AZCentral.com,
22 Oct. 2025
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“Collateral damage.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/collateral%20damage. Accessed 10 Nov. 2025.
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