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Interviewed before Thursday night’s bloodletting, analysts named several wild cards in how the protests—and the regime’s response—might evolve.
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Roxana Saberi, Time, 9 Jan. 2026
That bloodletting resulted in legislation that banned ownership of most automatic and semiautomatic rifles and drastically reduced the number of mass killings in Australia.
—Matt Bradley, NBC news, 16 Dec. 2025
Another way of contextualizing the scale of the bloodletting is the war in Gaza, the bloodiest round of fighting between Israel and Palestinian terrorists since the latter’s war of independence in 1948.
—Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 5 Dec. 2025
This month’s stock market losses won’t be the last of the bloodletting, according to Raymond James.
—Sarah Min, CNBC, 25 Nov. 2025
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Roxana Saberi, Time, 9 Jan. 2026
That bloodletting resulted in legislation that banned ownership of most automatic and semiautomatic rifles and drastically reduced the number of mass killings in Australia.
—Matt Bradley, NBC news, 16 Dec. 2025
Another way of contextualizing the scale of the bloodletting is the war in Gaza, the bloodiest round of fighting between Israel and Palestinian terrorists since the latter’s war of independence in 1948.
—Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 5 Dec. 2025
This month’s stock market losses won’t be the last of the bloodletting, according to Raymond James.
—Sarah Min, CNBC, 25 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bloodletting
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San Diego Police Chief Scott Wahl said in a news briefing that the security officer likely helped prevent further bloodshed.—
James Powel,
USA Today,
18 May 2026
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Since the establishment of the Islamic Republic in 1979, every protest movement has been met with bloodshed.—
Alissa Simon,
Variety,
16 May 2026
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Last month, Rodriguez-Singh was found incompetent to stand trial on a capital murder charge in her son’s death, and she will be sent to a state mental health facility until her competency is restored.—
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
24 May 2026
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Kurosawa has instead chosen to direct a refined murder mystery dressed up in sumptuous feudal garb, offering his own take on one of the oldest Japanese genres.—
Jordan Mintzer,
HollywoodReporter,
24 May 2026
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The deadliest so far was the mass slaughter at a Hanukkah party on Sydney’s Bondi Beach in December, but perhaps only luck and good police work have prevented an even worse atrocity on American soil.—
David Frum,
The Atlantic,
21 May 2026
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Yolande Mukakasana, a genocide survivor and writer who lost her entire family in the genocide, told The Associated Press when the trial opened that the case had come too late for many survivors who have died since the slaughter.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
16 May 2026
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Israel's place in the contest has become contentious as outrage over the carnage in Gaza, the West Bank, Lebanon and Iran has grown from Rome to Madrid with massive popular protests and European Union politicians mulling new sanctions.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
13 May 2026
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The plot is said to follow eight friends competing for a prize when their annual holiday gift exchange spirals into a cutthroat game of carnage.—
Zac Ntim,
Deadline,
11 May 2026
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Cynteria’s killing — and the girl’s history of abuse — changed how child welfare workers track runaway children.—
Grethel Aguila,
Miami Herald,
18 May 2026
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He was arrested in May 2024 and was later charged with Vesey’s killing while behind bars, with investigators revealing she had been murdered inside her apartment the day after her 21st birthday on July 12, 1980, officials said.—
Julia Bonavita,
FOXNews.com,
18 May 2026
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This article includes graphic and disturbing accounts from the October 7 massacre in Israel.—
Amelie Botbol,
FOXNews.com,
14 May 2026
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But 2026 has marked a new nadir for one of the world’s oldest civilizations, with the government’s massacre of anti-regime protestors in January and widespread destruction from the United States’ and Israel’s intermittent war.—
Andrew Gilbert,
Mercury News,
13 May 2026
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Robinson surrendered to authorities in southern Utah less than two days after the slaying.—
Michael Ruiz , Stepheny Price,
FOXNews.com,
19 May 2026
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The brutal slaying has shaken the community as Kayla's family reels from their loss.—
Samira Asma-Sadeque,
PEOPLE,
15 May 2026
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Grab a seat near Tullibee’s open kitchen to watch the staff hard at work on dishes inspired by an in-house butchery program and accented by pickling and fermenting.—
Kristine Hansen,
Travel + Leisure,
4 May 2026
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Amid rising grocery costs, American shoppers are searching for inventive ways to save, like buying meat in bulk and taking on the butchery at home.—
Kelly McCarthy,
ABC News,
6 Mar. 2026
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“Bloodletting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bloodletting. Accessed 25 May. 2026.
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