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Recent Examples of bloodletting
The bloodletting reached its peak in the final days of Trump’s presidency.
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Dan Wang, Foreign Affairs, 29 July 2021
The latter refers to the sectarian bloodletting that followed Iraqi strongman Saddam Hussein’s removal.
—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
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Dan Wang, Foreign Affairs, 29 July 2021
The latter refers to the sectarian bloodletting that followed Iraqi strongman Saddam Hussein’s removal.
—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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bloodletting
Noun
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But the bloodshed that unfolded March 6-10 in Latakia and Tartous represents a frightening escalation.—
Chris Massaro,
Fox News,
23 Mar. 2025
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Any bloodshed is almost always strictly in service of a joke.—
Lovia Gyarkye,
The Hollywood Reporter,
12 Mar. 2025
Noun
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They were taken down after the racial justice protests following the murder of George Floyd by a Minnesota police officer.—
Jessica Gelt,
Los Angeles Times,
28 Mar. 2025
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In February, the country recorded 47 murders, its lowest monthly homicide tally in 25 years, according to the government.—
Jacqueline Charles,
Miami Herald,
27 Mar. 2025
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Here, Munir may be vaccinating chickens rather than grabbing them on their way to slaughter, but the work is just as thankless and cruel.—
Bartolomeo Sala,
The Dial,
27 Mar. 2025
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Some conservationists say the slaughter is cruel and unnecessary.—
Prianka Srinivasan Matthew Abbott,
New York Times,
26 Mar. 2025
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Her concern over both the animals and the big picture, not to mention her frustration and anger over what legacies of long-grift greed have wrought, offers the tiniest beacon of feeling in a film preoccupied with teeing up some frankly unimpressive carnage.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
28 Mar. 2025
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That image is a little haunting today, given the city’s recent wildfire carnage, but that emergent feeling adds to the haunted mood pervading The Studio.—
Nicholas Quah,
Vulture,
25 Mar. 2025
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The attack sparked outrage on social media, with politicians from the north condemning the killings.—
Dyepkazah Shibayan,
Los Angeles Times,
29 Mar. 2025
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The Homicide Unit is investigating the circumstances surrounding the killing, police said.—
Harriet Ramos,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
28 Mar. 2025
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Guttmann was most recently co-producer of Oscar nominee and ten-time German Film Award nominee September 5, about the Munich massacre at the 1972 Olympic Games.—
Andreas Wiseman,
Deadline,
27 Mar. 2025
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Related article Haiti gang massacre leaves over 180 dead after Voodoo accusations, say UN and rights groups Forces from the MSS and the Haitian National Police earlier carried out a search and rescue operation to locate the officer, Kenya’s National Police Service said.—
Michael Rios,
CNN Money,
26 Mar. 2025
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The brothers are both serving life sentences without the possibility of parole for the 1989 shotgun slayings of Jose and Kitty Menendez at the family’s mansion in Beverly Hills.—
David Matthews,
New York Daily News,
20 Mar. 2025
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During the trial, Varner alleged Brown stabbed a man to death in an unrelated 2022 East Chicago drug house slaying.—
Meredith Colias-Pete,
Chicago Tribune,
18 Mar. 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 2 Apr. 2025.
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