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Recent Examples of bloodletting
The latter refers to the sectarian bloodletting that followed Iraqi strongman Saddam Hussein’s removal.
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Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 9 Dec. 2024
Colonists abandoned once promising agricultural settlements, and, in an act of cruel, retaliatory bloodletting, Périer ordered the massacre of the Chaouacha, an innocent tribe uninvolved in the revolt.
—Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 29 Nov. 2024
Kyle Dubas, the Penguins’ president of hockey operations, might not be planning the same kind of bloodletting.
—Curtis Pashelka, The Mercury News, 16 Nov. 2024
But that doesn’t mean the bloodletting is over, at least at Sony.
—Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 31 Oct. 2024
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Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 9 Dec. 2024
Colonists abandoned once promising agricultural settlements, and, in an act of cruel, retaliatory bloodletting, Périer ordered the massacre of the Chaouacha, an innocent tribe uninvolved in the revolt.
—Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 29 Nov. 2024
Kyle Dubas, the Penguins’ president of hockey operations, might not be planning the same kind of bloodletting.
—Curtis Pashelka, The Mercury News, 16 Nov. 2024
But that doesn’t mean the bloodletting is over, at least at Sony.
—Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 31 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bloodletting
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As a result of the bloodshed, President Clinton ordered that the mission to capture Aidid be abandoned.—
Lynsey Eidell,
People.com,
11 Feb. 2025
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But Gaza — marked by decades of bloodshed — is a uniquely volatile addition to the roll call of lands whose sovereignty and assets have come under Trump’s restless eye.—
Laura King,
Los Angeles Times,
5 Feb. 2025
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Davis has pleaded not guilty to the murder and gang enhancement charges.—
Anna Kaufman,
USA TODAY,
20 Feb. 2025
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Authorities have alleged that the murder was retaliation for a physical altercation between Shakur and Orlando Anderson after a Mike Tyson fight that occurred just hours before Shakur was shot.—
Jon Blistein,
Rolling Stone,
19 Feb. 2025
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Fatted calves for eventual psychic sacrificial slaughter?—
Erin Qualey,
Vulture,
14 Feb. 2025
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The outbreak has resulted in the slaughter of millions of hens in an effort to curb the spread, resulting in higher egg prices.—
Louis Casiano,
Fox News,
7 Feb. 2025
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But the Staten Island district attorney’s office declined to prosecute the teen at the time in the hope of finding more evidence that could put Nesbitt-Hall behind the wheel of the car that caused the carnage.—
Emma Seiwell,
New York Daily News,
20 Feb. 2025
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The carnage from the third inning: 24 batters to the plate, seven singles, seven walks, four doubles, two errors and one hit by pitch.—
Mitch Light,
The Athletic,
17 Feb. 2025
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Ten years ago, Carlton Mackey, like much of the country’s Black population, was overwhelmed with media images of death, anger and unrest in the wake of Michael Brown’s killing.—
Char Adams,
NBC News,
20 Feb. 2025
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Penny was acquitted last year in the 2023 killing of Jordan Neely on a New York City subway.—
Alexandra Koch,
Fox News,
20 Feb. 2025
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The tipster said a friend had access to an AR-15 rifle, had just ordered a bulletproof vest and admired Nikolas Cruz, who carried out a February 2018 massacre at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, killing 14 students and three school staff members.—
Rebekah Riess,
CNN,
15 Feb. 2025
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The actual site of the massacre, however, has been relegated to history books.—
Sarah Holzmann,
Smithsonian Magazine,
14 Feb. 2025
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Three people have been arrested and officers with the Texas Department of Public Safety are seeking another person in connection with the slaying of a Hood County father, officials said.—
Lillie Davidson,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
15 Feb. 2025
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Daquan Pierce, Marcus Mathis, Cordero Miller, Joseph O. Smith and Brian Emory are charged in connection with that slaying, court records show.—
Meredith Colias-Pete,
Chicago Tribune,
6 Feb. 2025
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Chef Stephen Peak sources 90 percent of ingredients from the on-site greenhouse and gardens, and staffers practice whole-animal butchery, make their own cheese and charcuterie, bake their own bread, and preserve and ferment seasonal produce.—
Nicholas DeRenzo,
AFAR Media,
27 Dec. 2024
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The Devonshire is made up of four floors: butchery and cellar in the basement; the pub and by invitation-only green room on the ground level, with the restaurant and main kitchen on floor one followed by the Claret Room, the pub’s largest room on the second floor along with the terrace.—
Hikmat Mohammed,
WWD,
10 Dec. 2024
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“Bloodletting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bloodletting. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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