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Recent Examples of collateral damage
Remember the big picture, people, and stop using taxpayers as pawns, or worse yet, collateral damage.
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Boston Herald Editorial Staff, Boston Herald, 15 Oct. 2025
Warner had fought off a Tristan Wirfs block and turned to join the tackle when his ankle became collateral damage.
—Cam Inman, Mercury News, 13 Oct. 2025
Part of the collateral damage was the manuscript of Thorkelín’s edition of Beowulf (though not his two transcripts).
—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
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Boston Herald Editorial Staff, Boston Herald, 15 Oct. 2025
Warner had fought off a Tristan Wirfs block and turned to join the tackle when his ankle became collateral damage.
—Cam Inman, Mercury News, 13 Oct. 2025
Part of the collateral damage was the manuscript of Thorkelín’s edition of Beowulf (though not his two transcripts).
—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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for collateral damage
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The driver’s death marks the 57th traffic fatality of 2025 in Kansas City compared to 80 at this time last year, DiMartino said.—
Caroline Zimmerman,
Kansas City Star,
10 Nov. 2025
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The man’s death is the fourth Brightline fatality in November.—
Grethel Aguila,
Miami Herald,
10 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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The title especially stings for the many survivors of violence and persecution under Suharto’s rule – and the families of his victims.—
Jessie Yeung,
CNN Money,
11 Nov. 2025
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In an email, Victoria Police confirmed the victims were a 33-year-old woman and a 7-year-old boy from Doveton.—
Gabrielle Rockson,
PEOPLE,
10 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
Noun
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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
Noun
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This means clear ownership, strategic leadership, and, above all, profit-and-loss accountability.—
Phil Gilbert,
Fortune,
12 Nov. 2025
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Three years later, a clinical study of the Pro, paid for by Stryker, found that 1 in 4 patients experienced complications after getting the implant, ranging from infection to avascular necrosis, the death of bone tissue due to loss of blood.—
Elizabeth B. Kim,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
12 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 15 Nov. 2025.
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