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Recent Examples of spoliation
That amounts to spoliation, the defense claims, and should result in the dismissal of the charges against Trump.
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Perry Stein, Washington Post, 30 June 2024
The West should also prepare for a Russia that inflicts even greater spoliation on a global scale—but not drive it to do so.
—Stephen Kotkin, Foreign Affairs, 18 Apr. 2024
Epic filed a motion to sanction Google for alleged spoliation of evidence in October.
—Jon Brodkin, Ars Technica, 21 Mar. 2023
The motion for spoliation sanctions is the latest move in the lawsuit by the widow of Kobe Bryant for severe emotional distress after learning that deputies and firefighters shared gruesome images of the crash scene where her husband, daughter Gianna and seven others died in January 2020.
—Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 8 Nov. 2021
There is usually an artist somewhere at the bottom of that story of spoliation.
—New York Times, 19 Apr. 2022
Members of the Isle de Jean Charles band of the Biloxi-Chitimacha-Choctaw Tribe, the Pointe-au-Chien Tribe, and the Houma Nation experienced the spoliation of their current and ancestral homes.
—Anya Groner, The Atlantic, 13 Oct. 2021
The audit's Twitter account strikes a different tone, accusing the county of deleting election databases and spoliation of evidence.
—Staff Reports, The Arizona Republic, 25 Sep. 2021
The suit accuses Gladney of assault, battery, false imprisonment and spoliation of evidence.
—Brent Schrotenboer, USA TODAY, 30 July 2021
Perry Stein, Washington Post, 30 June 2024
The West should also prepare for a Russia that inflicts even greater spoliation on a global scale—but not drive it to do so.
—Stephen Kotkin, Foreign Affairs, 18 Apr. 2024
Epic filed a motion to sanction Google for alleged spoliation of evidence in October.
—Jon Brodkin, Ars Technica, 21 Mar. 2023
The motion for spoliation sanctions is the latest move in the lawsuit by the widow of Kobe Bryant for severe emotional distress after learning that deputies and firefighters shared gruesome images of the crash scene where her husband, daughter Gianna and seven others died in January 2020.
—Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 8 Nov. 2021
There is usually an artist somewhere at the bottom of that story of spoliation.
—New York Times, 19 Apr. 2022
Members of the Isle de Jean Charles band of the Biloxi-Chitimacha-Choctaw Tribe, the Pointe-au-Chien Tribe, and the Houma Nation experienced the spoliation of their current and ancestral homes.
—Anya Groner, The Atlantic, 13 Oct. 2021
The audit's Twitter account strikes a different tone, accusing the county of deleting election databases and spoliation of evidence.
—Staff Reports, The Arizona Republic, 25 Sep. 2021
The suit accuses Gladney of assault, battery, false imprisonment and spoliation of evidence.
—Brent Schrotenboer, USA TODAY, 30 July 2021
Recent Examples of Synonyms for spoliation
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By following this food source, megamouth sharks likely optimize their feeding efficiency while minimizing the risk of predation.Melissa Cristina Marquez, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024
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Karen Warkentin Proceedings of the Royal Society B. Learning by embryos and the ghost of predation future Canadian Journal of Zoology.Sofia Quaglia, Discover Magazine, 29 Oct. 2024
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At only 6 years old, Esai Reed has endured three emergency evacuations from orphanages across Haiti as gangs pillage and plunder their way through once peaceful communities.Dánica Coto, The Christian Science Monitor, 23 Sep. 2024
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Byron is surveying rout and pillage, and the terrible ease with which the laws of civil society, such as respect for the elderly, are flung aside.Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 26 Feb. 2024
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Swiss zoologists, botanists, engineers, priests and nuns from missionary societies, merchants and rentier businesspeople, warlords and mercenaries ventured out to participate in plunder and looting as adjuncts or sidekicks of the stronger world powers and financiers.Percy Zvomuya, Artforum, 1 Nov. 2024
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Major museums in the West devoted to the presentation and preservation of art objects have fitfully begun acknowledging their ties to histories of violence and plunder.Leslie Camhi, The New Yorker, 11 Oct. 2024
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In recent months, U.S., British, German and other European officials have accused Russia of organizing an increasingly aggressive sabotage campaign aimed at undermining and disrupting Western assistance to Ukraine.Tom Costello, NBC News, 5 Nov. 2024
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Beginning with a series of sabotage attacks earlier in September that led to the explosion of thousands of Hezbollah pagers, Israel has gone from disabling massive swathes of the group’s communications to taking out its most powerful leader, as well as several other senior commanders.Natasha Turak, CNBC, 30 Sep. 2024
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But amid the stories of destruction and despair, the film also promises a vision of a better world, of a future where Israelis and Palestinians, like the directors of this documentary, can work together towards justice and freedom.Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 Nov. 2024
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Severe weather More severe weather is expected in the Southern Plains today as residents in Oklahoma survey the destruction from tornado-spawning storms that injured at least 11 people and leveled homes over the weekend.Andrew Torgan, CNN, 4 Nov. 2024
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“Spoliation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spoliation. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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