collateral damage
Example Sentences
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Higher education is in real financial trouble and Strouse’s lost scholarship is one piece of the growing collateral damage.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026
Too often a car crash involves collateral damage to other vehicles or bystanders.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2026
"The collateral damage from such strikes could also have a serious impact on the Russian economy, as well as a psychological effect on Russian society and, likely, on continued support for the war."
From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026
At the time, Greenspan told MarketWatch that the biggest challenge facing the central bank was unwinding its enormous postcrisis balance sheet while causing minimal collateral damage to financial markets.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 22, 2026
Which led to all the collateral damage . . . which made her feel like Godzilla.
From "Eleanor & Park" by Rainbow Rowell
