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Recent Examples of collateral damage
The death of civilians and especially of children, who are victims, the collateral damage of a war which nobody has been able to terminate yet.
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Adeola Adeosun, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Aug. 2025
Batista is only the latest piece of collateral damage.
—Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 29 Aug. 2025
The death of civilians and especially of children, who are victims, the collateral damage of a war which nobody has been able to terminate yet.
—Ellise Shafer, Variety, 27 Aug. 2025
When multiple labels under the same corporate umbrella compete for internal resources and playlist placement, artists can become collateral damage in power struggles.
—Jared Brenner, Forbes.com, 25 Aug. 2025
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Adeola Adeosun, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Aug. 2025
Batista is only the latest piece of collateral damage.
—Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 29 Aug. 2025
The death of civilians and especially of children, who are victims, the collateral damage of a war which nobody has been able to terminate yet.
—Ellise Shafer, Variety, 27 Aug. 2025
When multiple labels under the same corporate umbrella compete for internal resources and playlist placement, artists can become collateral damage in power struggles.
—Jared Brenner, Forbes.com, 25 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for collateral damage
Noun
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Even so, as the volume of travel increases--Waymo is over 250,000 rides/week--some day there will be a fatality with fault attributable to a robocar.—
Brad Templeton,
Forbes.com,
14 Sep. 2025
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The death was the 24th traffic fatality of the year on city streets.—
Jason Green,
Mercury News,
13 Sep. 2025
Noun
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For Verlander, his latest quality start was possible due in part to a sacrifice from Dominic Smith, who sacrificed his body for an out.—
Justice delos Santos,
Mercury News,
13 Sep. 2025
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At which point Tyler re-enters the room and is given up by the terrified crowd (and, more importantly, anointed by Joan) as one of three people — including Bracken and one of the show’s dancers — who must make the film’s titular sacrifice to save the world from an imminent catastrophe.—
Damon Wise,
Deadline,
13 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The most successful so far comes from Tampa, where a circuit court judge in August reaffirmed a statewide injunction pausing DOAH hearings after a Hurricane Milton victim argued the company was violating his rights.—
Mario Ariza,
ProPublica,
15 Sep. 2025
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The motion is still pending, and families of the crash victims urged the court to reject it.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
15 Sep. 2025
Noun
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No casualties have been reported.—
George Petras,
USA Today,
11 Sep. 2025
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For the new study, the scientists looked at something called the disaster database, a global list of disasters maintained by university researchers, to identify heat waves with significant casualties, economic losses and calls for international assistance.—
Julia Simon,
NPR,
11 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Cats can become infected by ingesting raw meat or prey that carries the parasite.—
Liz O'Connell,
MSNBC Newsweek,
12 Sep. 2025
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However, without strong safeguards, agentic systems can lead to loss of control, resulting in misinterpreted intent, falling prey to fraud, or exposing sensitive data.—
Ron Schmelzer,
Forbes.com,
11 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The expansion team has lost each of its last five games against the Lynx, and most recently suffered one of their worst losses of the season in Game 1 on Sunday in a 29-point defeat.—
Nathan Canilao,
Mercury News,
17 Sep. 2025
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The biggest losses were reported in the District of Columbia ($34,400), Florida ($32,100), and Montana ($26,900).—
Giulia Carbonaro,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Some mourned the loss of Kirk as a martyr, while others quickly blamed the left and Democrats for, at the very least, provoking the unknown shooter.—
Geoff Brumfiel,
NPR,
11 Sep. 2025
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Some of Kirk's former far-right critics are now calling him a martyr.—
Jesus Mesa,
MSNBC Newsweek,
11 Sep. 2025
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“Collateral damage.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/collateral%20damage. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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