collateral
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“San Diego is not collateral damage,” San Diego Mayor Todd Gloria posted.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026
The slight tear in Rushing’s ulnar collateral ligament made headlines after he landed on the IL on Aug. 3.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 23, 2026
Additionally, roughly 90% of CoreWeave’s capital outlays are financed through delayed draw term loans secured directly by Nvidia hardware assets, creating a tangible collateral base for lenders.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 23, 2026
It tried to minimize NAZA, or collateral damage.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 2026
If Cornwall Capital made a bet with Deutsche Bank and it wound up “in the money,” Deutsche Bank was not required to post collateral.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
Evergrande's offshore debt restructuring involves a total of $31.7 billion, which include bonds, collaterals and repurchase obligations.
From Reuters ● Aug. 18, 2023
Fortunately, our bodies are well protected against this kind of loss and can quickly grow new vessels, called collaterals, that carry blood around the bypass to the starving tissues beyond.
From New York Times ● Nov. 4, 2016
For the most part, the parents, grandparents, and collaterals are persons strongly preoccupied with abstractions of a scientific, literary, or artistic nature, and limited in genuine interest in people.”
From Slate ● May 1, 2013
The audience’s own knee ligaments screamed in sympathy — medial collaterals fraying like hemp rope.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 5, 2012
How rarely we can begin at the beginning, or even the unit, of anything; multiplication and subdivision meet us at both ends, besides all the collaterals.
From Household Organization by Florence Caddy
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