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as in target
a person or thing that is the object of abuse, criticism, or ridicule
the victim of schoolyard teasing
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as in sacrifice
something offered to a god
the Aztecs are believed to have sacrificed thousands of victims annually to the sun
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Recent Examples of victim
Goliath is now in bankruptcy, and the attorney appointed by a judge to oversee its finances is trying to recover assets, including those given to charities, to help pay back the company’s victims.
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Annie Martin, The Orlando Sentinel, 22 May 2026
Epstein victim Virginia Giuffre, who committed suicide in 2025, named Wexner as among the men to whom she was trafficked by Epstein.
—News Desk, Artforum, 22 May 2026
Cameron County Sheriff Manuel Treviño said that his office responded to the accident but isn’t releasing information about the victim.
—Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 22 May 2026
And the Cleveland Cavaliers are the latest victim of a freight train running express to the franchise’s first NBA Finals appearance this century.
—Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 22 May 2026
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Annie Martin, The Orlando Sentinel, 22 May 2026
Epstein victim Virginia Giuffre, who committed suicide in 2025, named Wexner as among the men to whom she was trafficked by Epstein.
—News Desk, Artforum, 22 May 2026
Cameron County Sheriff Manuel Treviño said that his office responded to the accident but isn’t releasing information about the victim.
—Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 22 May 2026
And the Cleveland Cavaliers are the latest victim of a freight train running express to the franchise’s first NBA Finals appearance this century.
—Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 22 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for victim
Noun
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Despite the presence of air defenses, several drones reportedly got through, resulting in infrastructure damage, fires, and fatalities.—
Christopher McFadden,
Interesting Engineering,
17 May 2026
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The attack was Australia’s first shark fatality since January, when a 12-year-old boy died in a hospital days after he was mauled by a bull shark in Sydney Harbor.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
16 May 2026
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The group blamed both the army and RSF and said some drones use visual monitoring technology capable of distinguishing targets, raising concerns that the attacks may not have been indiscriminate.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
16 May 2026
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Barca’s No 1 forward target is Atletico Madrid’s Julian Alvarez, who club sources believe would be keen to join, while recognising negotiations with Atletico could be very tough.—
Pol Ballús,
New York Times,
16 May 2026
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Fashion was worth the sacrifice.—
Emily Nussbaum,
New Yorker,
17 May 2026
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Veterans of the Civil Rights Movement are alarmed by the speed of the rollbacks, noting that protections won through generations of sacrifice have been weakened in little more than a decade.—
Kim Chandler,
Chicago Tribune,
16 May 2026
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The number of Ukrainian civilian casualties verified by the United Nations increased by 21% in the first four months of this year, compared with the same period last year, with 815 civilians killed and 4,174 wounded.—
Dan Bashakov,
Los Angeles Times,
22 May 2026
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At the front, their army is slowly losing ground with heavy casualties, thanks largely to Ukrainian FPV drone supremacy.—
David Hambling,
Forbes.com,
22 May 2026
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When any peripheral ray makes initial contact with a potential prey item, the mole immediately reorients to center subsequent touches on ray 11.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes.com,
20 May 2026
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As offshore waters warm, humpback whales are increasingly following that prey closer to shore, where California’s Dungeness crab fishery operates.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
20 May 2026
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“Victim.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/victim. Accessed 24 May. 2026.
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