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Recent Examples of collateral damageMichelle Williams, as Ennis’ wife, Alma, gives us the other heartbreak — the innocent collateral damage.—Philip Martin, Arkansas Online, 27 June 2025 The younger Third World alien was collateral damage.—Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 4 June 2025 Intertwined with vivid descriptions of the horrific collateral damage in the city itself are intersecting narratives that remind us how persistently the dramas of daily life can exist even when the world is in flames.—Alida Becker, New York Times, 30 May 2025 But recent operations targeting high-profile gang leaders have not led to any breakthroughs and instead raised concerns at the U.N., the Caribbean Community and elsewhere about collateral damage and human-rights abuses.—Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 28 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for collateral damage
The remains of about 1,100 victims are unidentified, the OCME said.
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David Chiu,
People.com,
8 Aug. 2025
Speaking on social media, Huynh explained her reasoning for penning a letter advocating for Combs’ release, despite being identified by prosecutors as one of the disgraced mogul’s victims.
Ukrainian casualties are unknown but likely very much lighter.
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David Hambling,
Forbes.com,
7 Aug. 2025
During the 1945 battles of Iwo Jima and Okinawa, which were the closest American ground forces had gotten to the Japanese home islands, American casualties were far higher than those sustained in other battles against Japan.
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Paul L. Newman,
New York Daily News,
6 Aug. 2025
The company is waiting for final results from a similar study of weight loss in people with diabetes; early results released in April indicate that the drug helped people with diabetes lower their blood sugar.
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Alice Park,
Time,
7 Aug. 2025
Lawyers with the state said the habitat loss was a small part of the more than 3.1 million acres over which panthers range in Florida.
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