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Recent Examples of bloodshed
Aside from Jung-bae, Gyeong-seok was shot by the guards taking down the rest of the rebels—not to mention the bloodshed back at base camp.
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Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour, 27 Dec. 2024
Justice will surely seem elusive after so much bloodshed, in a country where all sides claim their fallen as martyrs and blame the others for the carnage.
—Loubna Mrie, The Atlantic, 20 Dec. 2024
If so, the region could be headed for more bloodshed.
—Suzanne Maloney, Foreign Affairs, 10 Dec. 2024
Ian declares there has already been enough bloodshed and lets Von Schnell go.
—Lincee Ray, EW.com, 4 Jan. 2025
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Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour, 27 Dec. 2024
Justice will surely seem elusive after so much bloodshed, in a country where all sides claim their fallen as martyrs and blame the others for the carnage.
—Loubna Mrie, The Atlantic, 20 Dec. 2024
If so, the region could be headed for more bloodshed.
—Suzanne Maloney, Foreign Affairs, 10 Dec. 2024
Ian declares there has already been enough bloodshed and lets Von Schnell go.
—Lincee Ray, EW.com, 4 Jan. 2025
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After Luigi Mangione allegedly killed Brian Thompson, the C.E.O. of UnitedHealthcare—Mangione has pleaded not guilty—the fact that large numbers of Americans approved of the murder seemed, to some, like proof that the health-insurance system had failed.Joshua Rothman, The New Yorker, 14 Jan. 2025
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The White House also sought to tackle transnational repression by issuing a travel ban on Saudi citizens connected to the murder of Jamal Khashoggi and by tasking federal agencies to reach out to diaspora communities across the United States.Sarah Yager, Foreign Affairs, 14 Jan. 2025
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Painted on slabs of vinyl affixed to the brick, the mural — a large rectangle about the size of the building’s ground floor — featured a background that appeared to depict mass graves, weeping mothers, drones and other scenes of carnage in Gaza.Andrew Lapin, Sun Sentinel, 14 Jan. 2025
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Los Angeles will remain under a Red Flag Warning on Thursday as multiple fires across the county have caused unprecedented and historic carnage and destruction, wasting away 45 square miles, amounting to the size of the city of San Francisco.Kevin Dolak, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Jan. 2025
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The events are loosely based on the Mountain Meadows Massacre, which saw Mormon militiamen of the Utah Territorial Militia, or Nauvoo Legion, slaughter at least 120 members of the Baker-Fancher wagon train.Erik Kain, Forbes, 9 Jan. 2025
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With dead-eyed thoroughness, their avatars kill around 100 characters a day — slaughters that simultaneously advance the siblings’ online progress and strengthen their real-life bond.Jeannette Catsoulis, New York Times, 9 Jan. 2025
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Here’s everything to know about the real-life massacre that inspired the six-episode series — and how faithful the dramatization is to the historical event.Emily Blackwood, People.com, 13 Jan. 2025
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Moreover, although the 1921 report asserts that the massacre (then called a riot) was not the result of 'racial feeling,' perpetrators of the massacre overtly expressed and acted upon racial bias.Sabina Ghebremedhin, ABC News, 11 Jan. 2025
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The highest-profile killings were the murders of Kayla Cuevas, 16, and Nisa Mickens, 15, in Brentwood on Sept. 13, 2016.Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 15 Jan. 2025
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The department had long engaged in mistreatment of the city’s Black community and been plagued by high-profile scandals including a 1994 murder ordered by a corrupt officer and an attempt to cover up police killings of unarmed civilians in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.Jack Brook, Los Angeles Times, 14 Jan. 2025
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The slaying happened one week after the funeral of Deputy Isaiah Cordero, 32, who was fatally shot Dec. 29, 2022, during a traffic stop in Jurupa Valley.Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 8 Jan. 2025
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Meagan Ann Dixon, 44, is charged with murder, child endangerment and multiple counts of cruelty to animals in connection to the slayings, Sutter County Superior Court records show.Natalie Neysa Alund, USA TODAY, 8 Jan. 2025
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The 30 Rock star filed a civil lawsuit against prosecutors and investigators from his previous criminal manslaughter trial in Santa Fe on Thursday.Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 10 Jan. 2025
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Listen to this article A man was arrested Wednesday on DUI and manslaughter charges in connection with a fatal crash in Waterbury in November.Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 9 Jan. 2025
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But the family's independent autopsy concluded that homicide or staged suicide could not be ruled out, namely because the hyoid neck bone was missing from the body after it was sent to the family.ABC NEWS, ABC News, 14 Jan. 2025
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For homicides, the biggest category is made up of individuals with previous violent criminal records, often associated with gangs, killing other criminals or members of gangs—or people who happen to be present during those shootings.John Mac Ghlionn, Newsweek, 14 Jan. 2025
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