collateral
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“This weapon might help minimize corruption but with collateral damage,” John F. Hulpke, a professor at University College Dublin, wrote in the Journal of Management Inquiry in 2017.
From Salon ● Aug. 19, 2026
John had ruptured the medial ulnar collateral ligament in his left elbow, although he didn’t know that then.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 2026
The collateral damage to the rest of the world as the two countries try to seek out each other’s economic pressure points could prove significant.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026
“But if you’re a debt investor relying on compute power as collateral? I mean, historically, that’s an asset that’s had the shelf life of lettuce.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026
The collateral consequences of mass incarceration have been equally profound.
From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson
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
Our property would go in that case to collaterals ... and God only knows from how many quarters of the world these would not be forthcoming!
From French and Oriental Love in a Harem by Paul Avril
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Just Mercy
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