bloodguilt

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Noun
  • Buckley navigates the film in elemental sorrow without sentimentality, delivering what many consider the performance of the year, and undoubtedly her career so far.
    Clayton Davis, Variety, 11 Feb. 2026
  • Now, their families are turning sorrow into service.
    Ashley Paul, CBS News, 10 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • Get ready for tears – of sadness, of fear, and of laughter.
    Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 6 Feb. 2026
  • That's my sadness around that game.
    Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 6 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • In the r/MyBoyfriendisAI subreddit, many users posted about their grief.
    Alyssa Goldberg, USA Today, 14 Feb. 2026
  • As her power-hungry characters go through the five stages of grief, denial is the hardest one to let go of.
    Marta Balaga, Variety, 14 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • Office conversions to residential, especially in New York City, are also helping mitigate some of the distress.
    Diana Olick, CNBC, 11 Feb. 2026
  • Only four districts face significant fiscal distress — a decline from prior years.
    John Manly, Mercury News, 10 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • Even now, more than 40 years later, the lasting image of her career is of Decker laying on the track in anguish and tears after colliding with Zola Budd in the 1984 Olympic 3,000-meter run.
    Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 14 Feb. 2026
  • Néfissa cries loudly and with anguish about her son, but refuses to acknowledge his truth.
    Murtada Elfadl, Variety, 13 Feb. 2026
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“Bloodguilt.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bloodguilt. Accessed 17 Feb. 2026.

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