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Recent Examples of bloodletting
Mass migration into the two new nations set off ghastly religious bloodletting, leaving up to two million people dead.
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Atul Loke, New York Times, 28 Apr. 2025
Indeed, if anyone thought the entertainment business’ bloodletting was over after last year’s series of layoffs, Walt Disney Co. and Warner Bros. Discovery disabused them of that notion in recent days.
—Ryan Faughnder, Los Angeles Times, 10 June 2025
In the midst of such bloodletting, the launch of such a project may seem surprising at best and a waste of resources at worst.
—Kendall Bianchi, Foreign Affairs, 18 Sep. 2017
That bloodletting is after accounting for the market’s bounce late Monday and into Tuesday.
—Brendan Coffey, Sportico.com, 9 Apr. 2025
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Atul Loke, New York Times, 28 Apr. 2025
Indeed, if anyone thought the entertainment business’ bloodletting was over after last year’s series of layoffs, Walt Disney Co. and Warner Bros. Discovery disabused them of that notion in recent days.
—Ryan Faughnder, Los Angeles Times, 10 June 2025
In the midst of such bloodletting, the launch of such a project may seem surprising at best and a waste of resources at worst.
—Kendall Bianchi, Foreign Affairs, 18 Sep. 2017
That bloodletting is after accounting for the market’s bounce late Monday and into Tuesday.
—Brendan Coffey, Sportico.com, 9 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bloodletting
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The gunfire, the bloodshed, and the body count are brutal, but never surprising.—
Madison Bloom,
Pitchfork,
17 July 2025
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That context encompasses all Gaza bloodshed, as well as the way claims of antisemitism have come to be weaponized.—
Dennis Harvey,
Variety,
15 July 2025
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Smith was convicted of one count each of second-degree murder, a grossly negligent act causing miscarriage/stillbirth, and fleeing police, causing serious bodily injury, as well as two counts of reckless driving, according to online court records.—
Christina Hall,
Freep.com,
25 July 2025
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Morphew was indicted by a grand jury in Colorado on charges of murder in the first degree June 20 after the Mother's Day 2020 disappearance of his wife, Suzanne Morphew, the mother of two daughters.—
Adam Sabes,
FOXNews.com,
25 July 2025
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Without the best available data, there’s no guarantee that this year’s slaughter actually helps the species or keeps humans safer.—
Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board,
The Orlando Sentinel,
18 July 2025
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Instead of paying for more water or feed, many ranchers choose to sell their cows for slaughter instead of breeding.—
Miguel Otárola,
Denver Post,
2 July 2025
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Witnesses described a chaotic and bloody scene of carnage.—
Theresa Braine,
New York Daily News,
27 July 2025
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The Alien franchise is beloved by sci-fi and horror fans for its bloodthirsty killer aliens known as xenomorphs, which have caused absolute carnage in six standalone films so far.—
Dave Nemetz,
TVLine,
21 July 2025
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Once contained to local disputes resolved between communities, the violence has exploded into mass killings fueled by population growth, the climate crisis, and the collapse of traditional peacemaking.—
Emmanuel Akinwotu,
NPR,
26 July 2025
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The killing turned Gary, who was charged with second-degree murder, into an instant hero among some people.—
Christine Pelisek,
People.com,
26 July 2025
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Macron's move brings to a head months of increasing French criticism of Israel's conduct in its war against Hamas—the Islamist militant group that rules Gaza—that was sparked by the October 7, 2023, massacre of civilians in Israel.—
Shane Croucher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 July 2025
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Kent State is an empathetic, politically dispassionate look at that massacre in the spring of 1970.—
Tyler Austin Harper,
The Atlantic,
21 July 2025
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The new initiative came after a string of killings in bodegas, including two slayings in 48 hours in April.—
Roni Jacobson,
New York Daily News,
2 Aug. 2025
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The Context Zakrzewski, an Air Force veteran, was sentenced to die for the 1994 slayings of his wife Sylvia Zakrzewski, son Edward Zakrzewski, 7, and Anna Zakrzewski, 5.—
Khaleda Rahman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
31 July 2025
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That’s based on comparisons to what bones look like when modern hunter-gatherers butcher their game, along with archaeologists’ experiments with stone tool butchery.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
18 July 2025
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Or, perhaps different numbers of individuals were involved with the butchery at each site.—
Sarah Kuta,
Smithsonian Magazine,
17 July 2025
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“Bloodletting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bloodletting. Accessed 7 Aug. 2025.
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