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Recent Examples of bloodless
The bloodless tomatoes waiting for us in the fall are mostly imported from Mexico, and as with so many other goods these days, they are now stuck in the middle of President Donald Trump’s trade war.
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Rachel Sugar, The Atlantic, 24 July 2025
Matrimonial loyalty, bloodless professional efficiency, and the trappings of extremely quiet luxury combine for a diverting, twisty 90 minutes.
—Taylor Antrim, Vogue, 21 July 2025
However, the transition has not been bloodless: Communities associated with the old regime have been targeted for massacres by fighters linked to the country’s new leaders, a sign that Syria remains dangerously polarized.
—Tom Chivers, semafor.com, 1 July 2025
But in the strangest and most accomplished of his novels—Car (1972), A Feast of Snakes (1976), and The Knockout Artist (1988), the latter of which was reissued last year by Penguin Classics—what these strivers are after isn’t so material, and their pursuits are anything but slick or bloodless.
—Charlie Lee, Harpers Magazine, 18 June 2025
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Rachel Sugar, The Atlantic, 24 July 2025
Matrimonial loyalty, bloodless professional efficiency, and the trappings of extremely quiet luxury combine for a diverting, twisty 90 minutes.
—Taylor Antrim, Vogue, 21 July 2025
However, the transition has not been bloodless: Communities associated with the old regime have been targeted for massacres by fighters linked to the country’s new leaders, a sign that Syria remains dangerously polarized.
—Tom Chivers, semafor.com, 1 July 2025
But in the strangest and most accomplished of his novels—Car (1972), A Feast of Snakes (1976), and The Knockout Artist (1988), the latter of which was reissued last year by Penguin Classics—what these strivers are after isn’t so material, and their pursuits are anything but slick or bloodless.
—Charlie Lee, Harpers Magazine, 18 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bloodless
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The film’s only real villain is Al Pacino, doing a Colonel Sanders accent as Richard’s father M.L. Hall, whose pitiless rigidity stands in for capitalism as a whole.—
Katie Rife,
IndieWire,
2 Sep. 2025
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Each failure rekindled the gravitational pull of an existential, pitiless struggle.—
Hussein Agha,
New Yorker,
22 Aug. 2025
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The Army’s land components are similarly impaired by anemic enlistment figures and obsolete technology.—
Seth Harp,
Harpers Magazine,
19 Sep. 2025
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Its running game, which has historically been solid and dependable, has been anemic.—
Robert Marvi,
MSNBC Newsweek,
19 Sep. 2025
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The Fresh Start Act of 2022 proposed expunging certain nonviolent federal offenses, while the Weldon Angelos Act sought expungement for pardoned convictions.—
Walter Pavlo,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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All No Kings events follow a commitment to nonviolent action, according to the organizer’s website.—
Tiffani Jackson,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
9 Sep. 2025
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This vile, heartless remark is completely unacceptable—especially from someone entrusted with our children.—
Amy DeLaura,
The Washington Examiner,
12 Sep. 2025
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Moreover, the fact that Ms. Presley chooses to make heartless and ridiculous statements about Area 51 and Bigfoot, making a mockery of the King of Rock ‘n’ Roll’s death and his only daughter’s death, is shameful, disappointing and unforgivable.—
Janelle Ash,
FOXNews.com,
6 Sep. 2025
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Attendees have been asked to wear red, white or blue to the service.—
Alexandra Hutzler,
ABC News,
20 Sep. 2025
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Five of them will be white balls with numbers from 1 to 70.—
Fernando Cervantes Jr,
USA Today,
20 Sep. 2025
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In fact, as believing Christians, Jews, or Muslims know, the founders and leaders of these major world religions advocate understanding of others, empathy for their suffering, and the pursuit of peaceable relations with all.—
Howard Steele,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 Aug. 2025
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Such was the peaceable dreaming, the end-of-history thinking, in the wake of the Twelve-Day War.—
David Remnick,
New Yorker,
28 July 2025
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The greatest accusation levied against her is the crime of being an unfeeling mother.—
Kathryn VanArendonk,
Vulture,
11 Aug. 2025
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Then, the men had to walk around as these unfeeling, aggressive, hyper-masculine creatures.—
Maureen Lee Lenker,
EW.com,
28 May 2025
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This whole situation is not exactly being made better by vocal Gearbox CEO Randy Pitchford, who has not exactly gone down the conciliatory road, and has been arguing with fans about these problems or issuing statements that are let’s say, controversial and prone to be ratioed.—
Paul Tassi,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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This allegedly occurred because Alderon was anything but conciliatory.—
Lizzie Lanuza,
StyleCaster,
13 Sep. 2025
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“Bloodless.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bloodless. Accessed 21 Sep. 2025.
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