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Recent Examples of collateral damage
Mayor Scott, Commissioner Worley, and Executive Ball have a responsibility to ensure that Baltimore does not become collateral damage in a fight over immigration policy.
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Christopher Anderson, Baltimore Sun, 9 Jan. 2025
The collateral damage has typically been deemed worth it though, because when a treatment works, the cancer is destroyed and the patient lives.
—Michael Franco, New Atlas, 26 Dec. 2024
The bottom line: As Sun-Times education reporter Nader Issa wrote this week, the power struggle between Johnson and Martinez, and the collateral damage along the way, is unprecedented.
—Carrie Shepherd, Axios, 19 Dec. 2024
The introduction of direct payments from schools to athletes in 2025 will mark another revolutionary change, and collateral damage from the combined upheaval has the potential to affect every key stakeholder of the sport.
—Scott Dochterman, The Athletic, 31 Dec. 2024
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Christopher Anderson, Baltimore Sun, 9 Jan. 2025
The collateral damage has typically been deemed worth it though, because when a treatment works, the cancer is destroyed and the patient lives.
—Michael Franco, New Atlas, 26 Dec. 2024
The bottom line: As Sun-Times education reporter Nader Issa wrote this week, the power struggle between Johnson and Martinez, and the collateral damage along the way, is unprecedented.
—Carrie Shepherd, Axios, 19 Dec. 2024
The introduction of direct payments from schools to athletes in 2025 will mark another revolutionary change, and collateral damage from the combined upheaval has the potential to affect every key stakeholder of the sport.
—Scott Dochterman, The Athletic, 31 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for collateral damage
Noun
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According to the Chicago Department of Transportation, 68% of traffic fatalities in 2023 involved speeding.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
20 Jan. 2025
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While the figures do not differentiate between militants and civilians, women and children are reported to comprise more than half of the fatalities.—
Yaakov Katz,
Newsweek,
17 Jan. 2025
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One needn’t bluntly insert these facts, but there are times when Zimmerman’s screenplay, aiming for a kind of universality, sacrifices potential depth.—
Lovia Gyarkye,
The Hollywood Reporter,
27 Jan. 2025
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Some even compared the water to human sacrifice, which created a bit of an eerie vibe.—
Gordon G. Chang,
Newsweek,
25 Jan. 2025
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Olivia Godfrey, the couple's daughter, provided a victim impact statement and said her father's drug use impacted his mental health, according to ABC.—
Brenton Blanchet,
People.com,
27 Jan. 2025
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One of my personal concerns is the tendency, particularly in Germany, to focus too much in films on the perpetrators, not the victims, like in Downfall or the recent Wannsee Conference adaptation.—
Scott Roxborough,
The Hollywood Reporter,
27 Jan. 2025
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Russia also struck Ukraine’s eastern Kharkiv region with drones causing casualties and damage, local authorities said Saturday.—
SAMYA KULLAB,
Chicago Tribune,
25 Jan. 2025
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Analyst Mariana Perez Mora said the pick is somewhat contrarian given that investors see the company, which is involved in modernizing the federal government’s information technology systems, as a potential casualty of DOGE’s cuts.—
Brian Evans,
CNBC,
24 Jan. 2025
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On rare occasions, a very hungry bear may attack a human as prey.—
Raul A. Reyes,
Newsweek,
22 Jan. 2025
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These features, whether natural or man-made, provide critical foraging opportunities by increasing prey availability in the surrounding waters.—
Melissa Cristina Marquez,
Forbes,
22 Jan. 2025
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That meant getting vulnerable online about their loss, and engaging a relentless social media strategy to encourage people to stream Montag’s music and support them.—
Anna Cafolla,
Vogue,
27 Jan. 2025
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Games to Watch Classical Magnet (10-1) at Innovation (12-1), Tuesday, 7 p.m.: Innovation’s only loss came to Cheney Tech in overtime on Dec. 21; Classical’s only loss was to SMSA on Dec. 26.—
Lori Riley,
Hartford Courant,
27 Jan. 2025
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After being arrested in 2013, Ulbricht became something of a martyr in crypto circles for his part in spreading the bitcoin gospel.—
Joel Khalili,
WIRED,
23 Jan. 2025
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The road to Baalbek was lined with placards memorializing martyrs, the deceased members of Hezbollah whose portraits are adorned with the party’s yellow flag.—
Youmna Melhem Chamieh,
Harper's Magazine,
2 Jan. 2025
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“Collateral damage.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/collateral%20damage. Accessed 2 Feb. 2025.
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