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At first, the dynamic appeared to be little changed: Israel used precision weapons against Shukr to minimize collateral damage.
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Dana Stroul, Foreign Affairs, 23 Sep. 2024
Terry has a particular set of skills, and one of those skills is minimizing collateral damage.
—Daniel Joyaux, IndieWire, 4 Sep. 2024
Yet progress is not painless and collateral damage in the building of a long-time contender is unavoidable.
—Jerry Beach, Forbes, 24 Sep. 2024
Israel's ambassador to the United Nations, Danny Danon, spoke to the news media on Saturday and answered a question about the acceptability of civilians as collateral damage in its warfare.
—Andrew Jones, NBC News, 22 Sep. 2024
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Dana Stroul, Foreign Affairs, 23 Sep. 2024
Terry has a particular set of skills, and one of those skills is minimizing collateral damage.
—Daniel Joyaux, IndieWire, 4 Sep. 2024
Yet progress is not painless and collateral damage in the building of a long-time contender is unavoidable.
—Jerry Beach, Forbes, 24 Sep. 2024
Israel's ambassador to the United Nations, Danny Danon, spoke to the news media on Saturday and answered a question about the acceptability of civilians as collateral damage in its warfare.
—Andrew Jones, NBC News, 22 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for collateral damage
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But in the chaos following Helene, a number of counties reported fatality numbers independently of the state.CBS News, CBS News, 22 Oct. 2024
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The state of North Carolina has confirmed at least 95 fatalities as of Friday.Marshall Shepherd, Forbes, 19 Oct. 2024
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Old clichés have been flying around: determination, discipline, sacrifice, grit.Louisa Thomas, The New Yorker, 27 Oct. 2024
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Even those who are no longer physically with us, imagine all of their sacrifice.Lauren Alvarez, Forbes, 26 Oct. 2024
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Its most recent data for Wisconsin, from 2023, shows the hotline received 256 tips which led to 109 cases and 211 victims.Ricardo Torres, Journal Sentinel, 29 Oct. 2024
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De Souza was among the many artists to contribute to Cardinals at the Window, a compilation to benefit hurricane victims in western North Carolina.Matthew Strauss, Pitchfork, 29 Oct. 2024
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The dead included a mother and her five children, some of them adults, and a second mother with her six children, according to an initial casualty list provided by the emergency service.Wafaa Shurafa, Los Angeles Times, 29 Oct. 2024
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Why so many civilian casualties, especially children?Scott Peterson, The Christian Science Monitor, 29 Oct. 2024
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Given that the team documented one snake devouring a 77-lbs deer about two-thirds its total mass, these potential prey revisions both revise existing impact estimates, as well as help explain how Burmese pythons are inflicting so much ecological damage in Florida.Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 24 Oct. 2024
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Still, Fernando appeared out of nowhere and caught his prey again.Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 24 Oct. 2024
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In the state Legislature, Republicans overwhelmingly outnumber Democrats in both chambers, but a net loss of a single seat in the Senate or the House could cost the GOP its supermajority, and its ability to override the governor’s veto along with it.Robert Yoon, Chicago Tribune, 29 Oct. 2024
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However, Argentina's political and economic instability led to a loss of competitiveness in lower-price segments, pushing the country to focus on higher-value wine exports.John Mariani, Forbes, 29 Oct. 2024
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The pope then dedicated the Pantheon to Mary, the Blessed Mother and martyrs.Saleen Martin, USA TODAY, 31 Oct. 2024
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In some corners of the GOP, those in jails or prisons for actions related to Jan. 6—including those who attacked law enforcement with weapons—are martyrs to a rigged political system.Philip Elliott, TIME, 29 Oct. 2024
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“Collateral damage.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/collateral%20damage. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.
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