collateral
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But they did not want their children to become collateral damage in the labor fight.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 10, 2026
“The fear is that being collateral damage in the war extends into peace, and this is something we wouldn’t accept and need to work against.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026
Wall Street banks lend to private-credit firms, with the loan funds as collateral.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026
That would split the stadium from the club, and as Old Trafford is used as collateral for the current long-standing debt, how that would work is not clear either.
From BBC • Mar. 24, 2026
As it happened, Deutsche Bank had broken off relations with Mike Burry back in June, after Burry had been, in Deutsche Bank’s view, overly aggressive in his demands for collateral.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
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