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Recent Examples of blood feud
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.
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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
At first, the story plays its cards close to its chest before transforming wildly and suddenly into a mythological epic about secret societies and millennia-old blood feuds.
—Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 22 Dec. 2023
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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
At first, the story plays its cards close to its chest before transforming wildly and suddenly into a mythological epic about secret societies and millennia-old blood feuds.
—Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 22 Dec. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for blood feud
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So there’s no bad blood this year between you and your fellow nominees?—
Lily Ford,
The Hollywood Reporter,
24 Feb. 2025
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The initial mistake stirred more bad blood between Hamas and Israel during a time in which the two sides are going through a tense ceasefire.—
Ross O'Keefe,
Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government,
22 Feb. 2025
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Jenny Slate is the latest name to get sucked into co-stars’ Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni’s ongoing legal feud.—
Fran Hoepfner,
Vulture,
21 Feb. 2025
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Ross, who had Drake on his stream earlier this year, slammed Lamar’s Super Bowl halftime show and gave Drizzy the win in their feud.—
Michael Saponara,
Billboard,
21 Feb. 2025
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Reading is the key to learning everything else—which is why the dismal reading scores recently published by the National Center for Education Statistics are so concerning.—
Mark C. Perna,
Forbes,
25 Feb. 2025
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But the second half was a back-and-forth affair, with Colorado briefly holding a one-point lead and tying the score at three other points.—
Shreyas Laddha,
Kansas City Star,
25 Feb. 2025
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Flanked by cardboard cutouts of the 37th U.S. President bowling, the brothers discuss much more than their hatred of the man, including dropping out of law school, pro sports, and credit cards.—
Will DiGravio,
TIME,
21 Feb. 2025
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Our region has enough violence, hatred and incitement without more being added from the outside.—
Beren Cross,
The Athletic,
20 Feb. 2025
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But a bad result from Saturday’s trip to Everton, resurgent under David Moyes, could mean acceptance morphs into animosity.—
Laurie Whitwell,
The Athletic,
16 Feb. 2025
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While there’s no animosity, there is also no rapport.—
Jeanne Phillips,
The Mercury News,
11 Feb. 2025
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Editors’ Picks The Forgotten Writers Who Influenced Jane Austen Many Ukrainians have cheered Mr. Zelensky for standing up to Mr. Trump, even if the personal enmity has become an impediment.—
Andrew E. Kramer,
New York Times,
24 Feb. 2025
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The subsequent 444-day hostage crisis at the embassy in Tehran kindled decades of enmity.—
Nasser Karimi,
Chicago Tribune,
10 Feb. 2025
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Symptoms of poisoning are vomiting, diarrhea, lethargy and jaundice.—
Ella Gonzales,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
7 Feb. 2025
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This condition involves inflammation and swelling of the bile ducts and causes fever, chills, abdominal pain, and jaundice.—
Mark Gurarie,
Health,
31 Jan. 2025
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The ranks of mainland Chinese visitors coming to Japan nearly tripled last year to 7 million, chipping away at decades of antagonism between the countries and helping make 2024 a banner year for tourism.—
Ann Scott Tyson,
The Christian Science Monitor,
7 Feb. 2025
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President Trump seems safe in his antagonism toward his American opposition.—
Richard E. Vatz,
Baltimore Sun,
26 Jan. 2025
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“Blood feud.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blood%20feud. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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