collateral damage
Example Sentences
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“With the yen funding a substantial volume of cross-currency positions, a more aggressive tightening path than markets currently anticipate carries the potential to inflict significant collateral damage well beyond Japan’s borders.”
From Barron's • Jun. 16, 2026
The news of peace came with a sense of bewilderment and uncertainty in a region that suffered as collateral damage through months of war.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 15, 2026
This targeted approach allows the immune system to remove threats efficiently while minimizing collateral damage to nearby tissue.
From Science Daily • Apr. 30, 2026
No one is safe from being collateral damage by the time Jamie Bell plays Niall later in life.
From BBC • Apr. 24, 2026
She had not wanted their family to become collateral damage in a war that had no discernible fronts, no real shape, and no rules.
From "Zeitoun" by Dave Eggers
