as in bad blood
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Recent Examples of blood feud
In Chechnya, blood feuds are a traditional custom of extracting revenge by killing an enemy or his male relatives.
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Reuters, NBC News, 10 Oct. 2024
This is a dark drama about a pair of Irish families who are shepherds and get into a blood feud over an incident of sheep rustling.
—Scott Phillips, Forbes, 1 Oct. 2024
Now, with the assassination of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh on Wednesday, the blood feud between the two appeared to deepen, with American peacemakers standing on the sidelines.
—David Ignatius, Washington Post, 31 July 2024
Popular on Variety All of this works like a charm, but as the film goes on, it’s slowly subsumed by a larger tale in the background, unfolding in the form of oblique 1950s flashbacks and opaque references to decades-old blood feuds.
—Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 21 May 2024
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Reuters, NBC News, 10 Oct. 2024
This is a dark drama about a pair of Irish families who are shepherds and get into a blood feud over an incident of sheep rustling.
—Scott Phillips, Forbes, 1 Oct. 2024
Now, with the assassination of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh on Wednesday, the blood feud between the two appeared to deepen, with American peacemakers standing on the sidelines.
—David Ignatius, Washington Post, 31 July 2024
Popular on Variety All of this works like a charm, but as the film goes on, it’s slowly subsumed by a larger tale in the background, unfolding in the form of oblique 1950s flashbacks and opaque references to decades-old blood feuds.
—Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 21 May 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for blood feud
Noun
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No one wants to have bad blood with this Space Ranger!—
Lea Veloso,
StyleCaster,
12 Mar. 2025
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Following the allegedly tense meeting, Trump denied there has any bad blood being Rubio and Musk.—
Brian Niemietz,
New York Daily News,
8 Mar. 2025
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But, while her feud with Britney Haynes — stemming from their time on Big Brother: Reindeer Games in 2023 — was her main résumé point on the Peacock competition series, the now-53-year-old grandmother's true Big Brother legacy goes back much further and deeper.—
Patrick Gomez,
EW.com,
20 Mar. 2025
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Slate has not spoken publicly about the feud — aside from releasing a brief statement in support of Lively early on — and won’t change that policy during this interview.—
Seija Rankin,
The Hollywood Reporter,
20 Mar. 2025
Noun
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The Department of Education could play a key role in that, Huffman said, setting goals for increasing scores and ensuring students graduate with certain skills.—
Obed Manuel,
NPR,
21 Mar. 2025
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But on this particular score, Roberts is once again dead wrong.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
Newsweek,
21 Mar. 2025
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What’s been really interesting to me about the Blake situation is how much of the hatred against her is coming from women.—
Kathleen Walsh,
Glamour,
28 Mar. 2025
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Parents today must understand that hatred, bigotry and violence aren’t just things that children can learn directly from their upbringing.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes,
24 Mar. 2025
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While there might be ill will between the two fanbases, there certainly isn’t any animosity between the two teams.—
Abbey Mastracco,
New York Daily News,
24 Mar. 2025
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Police say Luigi Mangione, the Towson native and 2016 Gilman valedictorian charged in the murder of Brian Thompson, bore animosity toward the health care industry, which has resonated with those who now view him as an outlaw hero.—
Jean Marbella,
Chicago Tribune,
20 Mar. 2025
Noun
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On a hot streak, Predator and Die Hard director John McTiernan keeps ratcheting up the tension as his two leads get closer to each other, building to a climax that, at the time at least, played like a farewell to American and Russian enmity.—
Keith Phipps,
Vulture,
19 Mar. 2025
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Zoom out: The current enmity for DEI was on display this week in the congressional hearings for President-elect Trump's Cabinet nominees.—
Emily Peck,
Axios,
17 Jan. 2025
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The liver may also stop working well, resulting in a yellowing of the skin called jaundice.—
Gagandeep Brar,
Verywell Health,
28 Feb. 2025
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The three teams above — Leeds, Sheffield United and Burnley — receive ‘parachute’ compensation following recent relegations from the Premier League and there will be understandable jaundice should the trio pull away over the season’s second half.—
Michael Walker,
The Athletic,
28 Dec. 2024
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What To Know The White House meeting was a striking exchange of open antagonism in the Oval Office, a space typically reserved for formal diplomacy, especially among U.S. allies.—
Dan Perry,
Newsweek,
2 Mar. 2025
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Opponents discussed rationales privately to foster understanding rather than antagonism.—
Jonathan H. Westover,
Forbes,
31 Oct. 2024
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“Blood feud.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blood%20feud. Accessed 3 Apr. 2025.
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