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as in family
a group of persons who come from the same ancestor
in his mind, blood came before anything else, and he would not betray his criminal brother to the police
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as in ancestry
the line of ancestors from whom a person is descended
the language expert was certain that a young woman with such an upper-class accent had to be of royal blood
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as in soul
the seat of one's deepest thoughts and emotions
in your blood you know this business deal just isn't right
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as in murder
the intentional and unlawful taking of another person's life
blood will always have blood, and so the killing never ends
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Recent Examples of blood
Three days after the surgery, lab tests came back with the level of cobalt in her blood.
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Beth Mole,
ArsTechnica,
2 July 2026
The new research is an analysis of blood samples from 3,000 adults in 10 states who donated blood from November 2024 to April 2025.
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Erika Edwards,
NBC news,
2 July 2026
Reclaiming any of that time took the better part of a century and a good deal of blood.
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Alexander Puutio,
Forbes.com,
2 July 2026
Octapharma and plasma Plasma — the liquid portion of blood, containing water, enzymes, proteins, electrolytes and antibodies — cannot be manufactured.
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John Marks,
Charlotte Observer,
2 July 2026
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Beth Mole,
ArsTechnica,
2 July 2026
The new research is an analysis of blood samples from 3,000 adults in 10 states who donated blood from November 2024 to April 2025.
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Erika Edwards,
NBC news,
2 July 2026
Reclaiming any of that time took the better part of a century and a good deal of blood.
—
Alexander Puutio,
Forbes.com,
2 July 2026
Octapharma and plasma Plasma — the liquid portion of blood, containing water, enzymes, proteins, electrolytes and antibodies — cannot be manufactured.
—
John Marks,
Charlotte Observer,
2 July 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for blood
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The family fought for three hours last July Fourth to stay alive after more than a summer’s worth of rain fell overnight on bone-dry soil, pushing the waterway from about 3 feet to 30 feet in just 45 minutes.
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History shows family successions, whether in North Korea or Syria, tend to happen through rigid authoritarian control, with the transfer of power underwritten by whoever controls the military.
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However, elites’ DNA contained genetic similarities known as runs of homozygosity — adjacent genetic markers indicating common ancestry — and their genomes tended to be more homogenous than those of non-elites.
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Maybe that ancestry made Beck the wrong guy to pitch on America’s big day.
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But the real coup is Dippold's command of tone, deftly pivoting between nightmarish, surreal, wickedly funny, and soul-stirring modes, sometimes within single scenes.
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The Bible’s message was seen as not only informative but salvific, and the monastic who memorized its words filled his or her soul with divine wisdom.
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Prosecutors allege the pistol was used in a 2021 Chicago murder and later in the shooting of a rival gang member.
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Liar, marking a reunion between Seo Hyun-jin and Yoo Yeon-seok as a criminal profiler and a corporate attorney on opposing sides of a murder case tied to a powerful conglomerate, also continues through the month.
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Now that Love's eight children are all grown up and out of the house, the family has opted to sell the home and look for something smaller near Lake Tahoe, according to the listing agency.
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Plaintiffs have used internal documents from the companies to allege that, in house, people have long recognized a correlation between NEC and the use of preterm formulas made from cow’s milk.
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Green said that through William's mother, the late Princess Diana, his lineage traces back to Benajah Strong.
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The research team, led by Ellie Bourgikos and Nathan Grubaugh at the Yale School of Public Health, estimates that one of the virus’s two major lineages arrived in the Northeast by the early 1700s.
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Their coupling instantly captured the attention and hearts of fans around the world, and Swift’s presence at Chiefs games was even credited with bolstering female interest in NFL football.
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His update on the C-cut began just below the chin, with extra lift at the roots and inward-curving lengths that narrowed toward the ends to create the illusion of a heart.
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Investigators said Edmond purchased the firearm in Georgia just 36 days before it was allegedly used in the homicide.
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Quigley has pleaded not guilty to motor vehicle homicide in the December 2023 Woburn crash that fatally injured 37‑year‑old Special Olympian Angelo Schettino, who died a month later.
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“Blood.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blood. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.
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