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Recent Examples of bloodshed
The effects of the recent bloodshed are unlikely to disappear, experts said, especially as triggers of this violence are deeply rooted in Syria’s past.
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Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN, 10 Mar. 2025
President Trump is actively working to facilitate peace and end the bloodshed in the Russia-Ukraine war.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 4 Mar. 2025
But the bloodshed that unfolded March 6-10 in Latakia and Tartous represents a frightening escalation.
—Chris Massaro, Fox News, 23 Mar. 2025
Any bloodshed is almost always strictly in service of a joke.
—Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Mar. 2025
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Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN, 10 Mar. 2025
President Trump is actively working to facilitate peace and end the bloodshed in the Russia-Ukraine war.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 4 Mar. 2025
But the bloodshed that unfolded March 6-10 in Latakia and Tartous represents a frightening escalation.
—Chris Massaro, Fox News, 23 Mar. 2025
Any bloodshed is almost always strictly in service of a joke.
—Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bloodshed
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Monroe County Sheriff’s Office detectives are investigating the murder of a woman whose body was found stuffed into a closet Monday at a Florida Keys resort.—
David Goodhue,
Miami Herald,
9 Apr. 2025
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The Menendez brothers were convicted in 1996 for the murder of their parents, José and Kitty Menendez.—
Jenny Goldsberry,
The Washington Examiner,
8 Apr. 2025
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As ever, though, the gains are far from uniform, and a handful of states continue to account for an oversized share of the carnage.—
Jonathan M. Gitlin,
ArsTechnica,
9 Apr. 2025
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After three days of market carnage, investors appeared to be seeking some buying opportunities.—
John Towfighi, David Goldman and Matt Egan,
CNN Money,
8 Apr. 2025
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Namely: Who bears responsibility for the slaughter of the season?—
Jessica M. Goldstein,
Vulture,
7 Apr. 2025
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That concept of freedom might be better exemplified by Cambodia’s Khmer Rouge, another Third World death cult that promised liberation and promoted slaughter — and that came with its own prominent apologists on American college campuses.—
Bret Stephens,
Mercury News,
4 Apr. 2025
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Trump got a temporary reprieve when the markets closed Friday at 4 p.m., but expect the massacre to resume this morning at 9:30 when the opening bell rings at the New York Stock Exchange.—
New York Daily News Editorial Board,
New York Daily News,
7 Apr. 2025
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In 2007, the British journalist David Litchfield wrote in the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung that guests at a ball at Schloss Rechnitz were invited to shoot Jews for sport—a claim disputed by historians, who do not dispute that the massacre took place.—
James Wood,
New Yorker,
7 Apr. 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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The killing marks the fifth slaying this year in the Bronx’s 44th Precinct, which saw 16 homicides in all of 2024, NYPD stats show.—
John Annese,
New York Daily News,
6 Apr. 2025
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Iran’s embassy in Abu Dhabi has denied Tehran was involved in the rabbi’s slaying, and the UAE has not made the allegation.—
Jon Gambrell,
Los Angeles Times,
31 Mar. 2025
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She was charged with first-degree murder, manslaughter while operating a motor vehicle under the influence and leaving the scene of a fatal accident.—
Devin Dwyer,
ABC News,
7 Apr. 2025
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Case history in brief She was tried last year on charges of second-degree murder, manslaughter while operating a motor vehicle under the influence, and leaving the scene of an accident causing death, but that ended in mistrial on July 1, 2024, after the jury reached an impasse.—
Flint McColgan,
Boston Herald,
3 Apr. 2025
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The sisters of a Northern California mother of four are seeking answers after her disappearance was recently ruled a homicide.—
Sarah Rumpf-Whitten,
FOXNews.com,
7 Apr. 2025
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The homicide investigation is the 24th of the year investigated by Oakland police.—
Rick Hurd,
Mercury News,
4 Apr. 2025
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“Bloodshed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bloodshed. Accessed 14 Apr. 2025.
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