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Recent Examples of blood feud
Laura, who lost her daughter Cathy months prior, is already looking after a young foster child named Ollie (Jonah Wren Phillips), a strange, selectively mute boy who has an insatiable appetite and a blood feud with the family cat.
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Madison Bloom, Pitchfork, 16 May 2025
Damian Priest Drew McIntyre vs. Damian Priest is making a slow-climb as one of WWE’s best blood feuds.
—Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 24 May 2025
The blood feud that began with Chris Eubank Sr. and Nigel Benn decades ago has manifested in their sons, who’ve lived their careers in the shadows of their fathers' rivalry.
—Brian Mazique, Forbes.com, 26 Apr. 2025
Maybe Sam Nivola and Leslie Bibb were in a secret blood feud.
—Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 10 Apr. 2025
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Madison Bloom, Pitchfork, 16 May 2025
Damian Priest Drew McIntyre vs. Damian Priest is making a slow-climb as one of WWE’s best blood feuds.
—Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 24 May 2025
The blood feud that began with Chris Eubank Sr. and Nigel Benn decades ago has manifested in their sons, who’ve lived their careers in the shadows of their fathers' rivalry.
—Brian Mazique, Forbes.com, 26 Apr. 2025
Maybe Sam Nivola and Leslie Bibb were in a secret blood feud.
—Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 10 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for blood feud
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There’s clearly no bad blood between Cruise and Oasis as the actor rocked out to the band at Wembley.—
Zack Sharf,
Variety,
28 July 2025
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White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt indicated there’s no bad blood between President Trump and Pope Leo, despite his potential connection to the critical social media posts.—
Eric Bradner,
CNN Money,
10 May 2025
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Such occasional breakfasts among Abbott, Patrick and Phelan were discontinued last session as the speaker-lieutenant governor feud spilled into public view.—
John C. Moritz,
Austin American Statesman,
30 July 2025
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With Bayley, Valkyria and Lynch all pursuing the same title in a never-ending vortex of feuds and matches, the best finish at WWE SummerSlam is for Bayley to cost Valkyria the match and turn heel in the process.—
Blake Oestriecher,
Forbes.com,
29 July 2025
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Better known in this country for his swashbuckling movie scores during Hollywood’s Golden Age, Korngold was just as adept at classical concert pieces.—
Michael Barnes,
Austin American Statesman,
31 July 2025
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Thanks for playing — and share your scores in the comments!—
Mark Cooper,
New York Times,
31 July 2025
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Many were subjected to many forms of hatred spawned from these misunderstandings.—
Meredith Kile,
People.com,
21 July 2025
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Despite his extensive progressive bona fides, Wertham’s hatred of the comics medium has forever branded him a right-wing zealot in the minds of comic fans.—
Vasilis K. Pozios,
HollywoodReporter,
18 July 2025
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Critics say Campbell’s animosity toward Trump is just as strong as that of her predecessor, Gov. Maura Healey, who, as attorney general, sued the president’s first administration 96 times.—
Lance Reynolds,
Boston Herald,
27 July 2025
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The Trump administration’s last-minute snub of the Aspen Security Forum this week betrays a growing animosity between the U.S. government and wider national security community.—
Ellen Mitchell,
The Hill,
20 July 2025
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Advertisement Advertisement Under the Islamic Republic that took power in 1979, enmity toward Israel has been a core ideological tenet of Iranian foreign policy and a key driver in its regional policy.—
Ali Vaez,
Time,
14 June 2025
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The effect is impossible to fully quantify, but the friendships, enmities, arguments, insights, subgroups, and countergroups that issued from these gatherings generated the lion’s share of the movement’s discourse.—
Audrey Wollen,
Harpers Magazine,
28 Mar. 2025
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Common symptoms of liver disease include nausea, loss of appetite, abdominal pain, generalized itching, dark urine and jaundice, although some people may notice no signs, per the above source.—
Melissa Rudy,
FOXNews.com,
2 June 2025
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Several players contracted jaundice in the aftermath, experienced further health problems, and many later admitted receiving injections at the tournament.—
Michael Cox,
New York Times,
1 June 2025
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So, part of our mission here is that there couldn't be a time in American history when there has been more divisiveness and antagonizing antagonism among different cultures, races, religions and walks of life.—
Steve Baltin,
Forbes.com,
19 July 2025
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Trump’s antagonism toward the media has shot across multiple vectors.—
Todd Spangler,
Variety,
16 July 2025
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“Blood feud.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blood%20feud. Accessed 7 Aug. 2025.
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