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Recent Examples of collateral damage
Cyber and other non-traditional software names in the fund are collateral damage.
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Morgan Chittum, CNBC, 11 Apr. 2026
Gopal Jain, managing director of Gaja Capital, one of India’s oldest private equity firms, is seeing the collateral damage firsthand.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 10 Apr. 2026
The people of Iran are not collateral damage.
—Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 7 Apr. 2026
Yet that requires taking care to distinguish between the regime and its civilians, and to avoid collateral damage.
—Benjamin Wallace-Wells, New Yorker, 3 Apr. 2026
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Morgan Chittum, CNBC, 11 Apr. 2026
Gopal Jain, managing director of Gaja Capital, one of India’s oldest private equity firms, is seeing the collateral damage firsthand.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 10 Apr. 2026
The people of Iran are not collateral damage.
—Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 7 Apr. 2026
Yet that requires taking care to distinguish between the regime and its civilians, and to avoid collateral damage.
—Benjamin Wallace-Wells, New Yorker, 3 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for collateral damage
Noun
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The majority of these strikes happen during the summer, causing around 20 fatalities each year, according to the NWS.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
26 Apr. 2026
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Hosted at the Washington Hilton, the gunmen have been apprehended, and no fatalities have been reported.—
Christopher McFadden,
Interesting Engineering,
26 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Up until now, the convenience of a UST projector meant having to make some image quality sacrifices.—
Bryan Hood,
Robb Report,
24 Apr. 2026
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With a heavy emphasis on what works psychologically, seminars, books and college classes are trying to change how people approach climate change, by talking more about community and happiness than sacrifice.—
Seth Borenstein,
Fortune,
23 Apr. 2026
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Nataliia had gone to the bus station, where soldiers were spraying foam to contain the nuclear fallout, and to the hospital, where men in white coats were unloading victims on stretchers from the backs of ambulances.—
Lizzie Johnson,
New Yorker,
25 Apr. 2026
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At the time, Esperanza-Pacheco was working as a pastor at God’s Lighthouse of Truth in Richmond, where the victim and her family were members and had developed a friendship with him.—
Jason Green,
Mercury News,
25 Apr. 2026
Noun
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In a social media post, authorities said the drones caused material damage, but no casualties.—
NPR Staff,
NPR,
24 Apr. 2026
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Through a detailed examination of footage posted by Israeli soldiers themselves, the film documents potential war crimes, including civilian casualties, torture, and destruction of infrastructure, delivering unprecedented accountability and real-time evidence.—
Patrick Hipes,
Deadline,
23 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Their diet varies with location and season, depending on what prey is available.—
Samantha Agate,
Miami Herald,
29 Apr. 2026
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Because opossums are one of the most common prey species for Burmese pythons, scientists expect that some of the collared animals will eventually be eaten by the snakes, effectively turning the opossums into indirect tracking devices.—
Hanna Wickes,
Kansas City Star,
28 Apr. 2026
Noun
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In corresponding moves, left-hander Charlie Barnes and right-hander Yacksel Ríos were called up from Triple-A Iowa and right-hander Vince Velasquez, who threw 2 1/3 scoreless innings in Saturday’s loss, was designated for assignment to open a 40-man spot for Ríos.—
Meghan Montemurro,
Chicago Tribune,
27 Apr. 2026
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Saturday’s defeat at home to Tottenham Hotspur was markedly less depressing than the losses in the previous two games.—
Steve Madeley,
New York Times,
27 Apr. 2026
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Nathan learned about the fate of a great-aunt, who was confined at Theresienstadt, and her grandson, who by a circuitous, ultimately tragic path is remembered by Catholics as a martyr.—
Jackie Hajdenberg,
Sun Sentinel,
21 Apr. 2026
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The push to elevate Zarutska as a martyr is part of the long backlash to the summer of 2020, after which one online database catalogued thousands of pieces of street art depicting Floyd.—
David Weigel,
semafor.com,
1 Apr. 2026
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“Collateral damage.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/collateral%20damage. Accessed 1 May. 2026.
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