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Recent Examples of spoliation
That amounts to spoliation, the defense claims, and should result in the dismissal of the charges against Trump.
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Perry Stein, Washington Post, 30 June 2024
The West should also prepare for a Russia that inflicts even greater spoliation on a global scale—but not drive it to do so.
—Stephen Kotkin, Foreign Affairs, 18 Apr. 2024
Epic filed a motion to sanction Google for alleged spoliation of evidence in October.
—Jon Brodkin, Ars Technica, 21 Mar. 2023
The motion for spoliation sanctions is the latest move in the lawsuit by the widow of Kobe Bryant for severe emotional distress after learning that deputies and firefighters shared gruesome images of the crash scene where her husband, daughter Gianna and seven others died in January 2020.
—Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 8 Nov. 2021
There is usually an artist somewhere at the bottom of that story of spoliation.
—New York Times, 19 Apr. 2022
Members of the Isle de Jean Charles band of the Biloxi-Chitimacha-Choctaw Tribe, the Pointe-au-Chien Tribe, and the Houma Nation experienced the spoliation of their current and ancestral homes.
—Anya Groner, The Atlantic, 13 Oct. 2021
The audit's Twitter account strikes a different tone, accusing the county of deleting election databases and spoliation of evidence.
—Staff Reports, The Arizona Republic, 25 Sep. 2021
The suit accuses Gladney of assault, battery, false imprisonment and spoliation of evidence.
—Brent Schrotenboer, USA TODAY, 30 July 2021
Perry Stein, Washington Post, 30 June 2024
The West should also prepare for a Russia that inflicts even greater spoliation on a global scale—but not drive it to do so.
—Stephen Kotkin, Foreign Affairs, 18 Apr. 2024
Epic filed a motion to sanction Google for alleged spoliation of evidence in October.
—Jon Brodkin, Ars Technica, 21 Mar. 2023
The motion for spoliation sanctions is the latest move in the lawsuit by the widow of Kobe Bryant for severe emotional distress after learning that deputies and firefighters shared gruesome images of the crash scene where her husband, daughter Gianna and seven others died in January 2020.
—Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 8 Nov. 2021
There is usually an artist somewhere at the bottom of that story of spoliation.
—New York Times, 19 Apr. 2022
Members of the Isle de Jean Charles band of the Biloxi-Chitimacha-Choctaw Tribe, the Pointe-au-Chien Tribe, and the Houma Nation experienced the spoliation of their current and ancestral homes.
—Anya Groner, The Atlantic, 13 Oct. 2021
The audit's Twitter account strikes a different tone, accusing the county of deleting election databases and spoliation of evidence.
—Staff Reports, The Arizona Republic, 25 Sep. 2021
The suit accuses Gladney of assault, battery, false imprisonment and spoliation of evidence.
—Brent Schrotenboer, USA TODAY, 30 July 2021
Recent Examples of Synonyms for spoliation
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In South Africa, a solitary orca nicknamed Starboard was observed eating a great white shark for the first time and the predation event was detailed in a study published in March in the African Journal of Marine Science.—
Laura Baisas,
Popular Science,
25 Dec. 2024
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Among the reasons why trapdoor spiders are ultra survivors are: Efficient predation techniques.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes,
14 Dec. 2024
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These are curated from the titles that were most frequently picked up in the Criterion Closet, that magical room full of the company’s releases that visiting filmmakers and luminaries are invited to peruse and pillage.—
Vulture Staff,
Vulture,
15 Nov. 2024
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At only 6 years old, Esai Reed has endured three emergency evacuations from orphanages across Haiti as gangs pillage and plunder their way through once peaceful communities.—
Dánica Coto,
The Christian Science Monitor,
23 Sep. 2024
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Swiss zoologists, botanists, engineers, priests and nuns from missionary societies, merchants and rentier businesspeople, warlords and mercenaries ventured out to participate in plunder and looting as adjuncts or sidekicks of the stronger world powers and financiers.—
Percy Zvomuya,
Artforum,
1 Nov. 2024
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Major museums in the West devoted to the presentation and preservation of art objects have fitfully begun acknowledging their ties to histories of violence and plunder.—
Leslie Camhi,
The New Yorker,
11 Oct. 2024
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The Administration’s national security leaders wanted the partnership to focus on intelligence gathering and the CIA was forbidden from assisting the Ukrainians in conducting lethal or sabotage operations targeting Russia, the ex-officials said.—
Patrick Reevell,
ABC News,
17 Jan. 2025
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Officials attribute many of these operations to Russia's military intelligence agency, the GRU, though the Kremlin has dismissed previous Western claims that Russia sponsored acts of sabotage and attacks in Europe.—
Michael Gfoeller And David H. Rundell,
Newsweek,
15 Jan. 2025
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The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (Cal Fire) has declared the Palisades and Eaton fires fully contained after nearly three and a half weeks of destruction across Southern California.—
Daniel R. Depetris,
Newsweek,
1 Feb. 2025
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Contributor As natural disasters ravage the U.S. and beyond, leaving a trail of destruction in their wake, the human toll and emotional devastation are immeasurable.—
William Jones,
USA TODAY,
31 Jan. 2025
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“Spoliation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spoliation. Accessed 8 Feb. 2025.
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