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Recent Examples of bloody murder
After a bloody murder sends a high school party into a panic, Winnie ends up saving her brother Jimmy (Aiden Howard) by killing Waters.
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J. Kim Murphy, Variety, 10 Nov. 2023
This one comes with sledgehammer and a penchant for bloody murder.
—Alex Ritman, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 Sep. 2023
What one neighbor described as a typical Friday morning in a small Houston suburb turned into a bloody murder scene over an alleged affair.
—Chris Eberhart, Fox News, 14 Aug. 2023
The series once again treads over the same salacious details of the now over 40-year-old story: suburban monotony, injected with a sinful tryst between two church-going parents, and punctuated by a bloody murder.
—Joshua St. Clair, Men's Health, 27 Apr. 2023
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J. Kim Murphy, Variety, 10 Nov. 2023
This one comes with sledgehammer and a penchant for bloody murder.
—Alex Ritman, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 Sep. 2023
What one neighbor described as a typical Friday morning in a small Houston suburb turned into a bloody murder scene over an alleged affair.
—Chris Eberhart, Fox News, 14 Aug. 2023
The series once again treads over the same salacious details of the now over 40-year-old story: suburban monotony, injected with a sinful tryst between two church-going parents, and punctuated by a bloody murder.
—Joshua St. Clair, Men's Health, 27 Apr. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bloody murder
Adverb
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To have to go to the Supreme Court to get what Congress clearly provided is very frustrating.—
Bart Jansen,
USA Today,
29 Apr. 2025
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Burden will help the passing game flourish but doesn’t match the Bears’ needs, so this pick shows Chicago clearly is trying to load up on offense under new coach Ben Johnson.—
Ben Standig,
New York Times,
28 Apr. 2025
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The pope, recovering from bilateral pneumonia, sat on the balcony of St. Peter's Basilica in Rome as Archbishop Diego Ravelli read his text out loud.—
NPR Staff,
NPR,
21 Apr. 2025
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In recent years, everyone from Taco Bell to Jack in the Box to Fatburger has rolled out food and drink promotions that nod to the 4/20 crowd without saying the quiet part out loud.—
Stephanie Gravalese,
Forbes.com,
18 Apr. 2025
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“Bloody murder.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bloody%20murder. Accessed 3 May. 2025.
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