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Recent Examples of bloodshed
The Assad dynasty’s autocratic rule in Syria was marked by decades of fighting, bloodshed and oppressive political crackdown.
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Eyad Kourdi, CNN, 31 Jan. 2025
Image In all this, though, the drama in these stories — the rage and bloodshed and lust — is awfully sublimated.
—Brian Seibert, New York Times, 9 Jan. 2025
But the images will fuel both the extremist right-wing in Israel, who believe the ceasefire is a capitulation, and those who favor dialogue, who will argue that if 15 months of unrelenting war failed to dislodge Hamas, further bloodshed is folly.
—Mick Krever, CNN, 20 Jan. 2025
Despite the shocking bloodshed, the Russian army in Ukraine has slowly grown in size to a new high of at least 600,000 troops, according to Zelensky.
—David Axe, Forbes, 16 Jan. 2025
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Eyad Kourdi, CNN, 31 Jan. 2025
Image In all this, though, the drama in these stories — the rage and bloodshed and lust — is awfully sublimated.
—Brian Seibert, New York Times, 9 Jan. 2025
But the images will fuel both the extremist right-wing in Israel, who believe the ceasefire is a capitulation, and those who favor dialogue, who will argue that if 15 months of unrelenting war failed to dislodge Hamas, further bloodshed is folly.
—Mick Krever, CNN, 20 Jan. 2025
Despite the shocking bloodshed, the Russian army in Ukraine has slowly grown in size to a new high of at least 600,000 troops, according to Zelensky.
—David Axe, Forbes, 16 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bloodshed
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Among the editions that helped The Observer earn a top-10 designation were cover stories on the 40th anniversary of the Sweet 16, on the 25th anniversary of the Rae Carruth murder trial, on Johnson C. Smith football, and a feature package on National Girls and Women in Sports Day.—
Observer staff report,
Charlotte Observer,
3 Mar. 2025
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Her decision meant that, following the success of her role of murder suspect Catherine Tramell in the erotic thriller Basic Instinct in 1992, her memorable outfit was hers to keep.—
Caroline Frost,
Deadline,
2 Mar. 2025
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When Mohammed Shami spilled a caught and bowled attempt off his leading edge with the first legitimate ball of the match, Indian fears of a century of carnage multiplied.—
Tim Ellis,
Forbes,
4 Mar. 2025
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Meanwhile wanted to find out whether an emergency operation like the one mounted by the Obama administration that successfully put down a 2014 Ebola outbreak in West Africa would be possible after Musk’s carnage.—
Stephen Collinson,
CNN,
1 Mar. 2025
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The site of the slaughter in the novel is called Camp Patience.—
Fintan O’Toole,
New York Times,
25 Feb. 2025
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Although lynchings have steadily increased in number and barbarity during the last twenty years, there has been no single effort put forth by the many moral and philanthropic forces of the country to put a stop to this wholesale slaughter.—
Liz Tracey,
JSTOR Daily,
21 Feb. 2025
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A week after the massacre, two hundred soldiers and six hundred and fifty Chinese miners arrived in Rock Springs.—
Michael Luo,
The New Yorker,
3 Mar. 2025
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Additionally, a camera operator on the doc appears to have shown support on social media for the Oct. 7 massacre in 2023, when Hamas killed around 1,200 people.—
Lily Ford,
The Hollywood Reporter,
2 Mar. 2025
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Last month 10 former New York corrections employees were indicted in the killing of Robert Brooks, an inmate violently beaten while handcuffed in a prison infirmary in December.—
Natalie Neysa Alund,
USA TODAY,
4 Mar. 2025
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Migrant arrivals at the U.S. border are at their lowest in years, and last week, Mexico extradited 29 cartel figures to the U.S., including the man involved in the 1985 killing of a DEA agent.—
Gordon G. Chang,
Newsweek,
3 Mar. 2025
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This week’s must reads Inside the mysterious slaying of a Hollywood pimp with Russian mob tattoos: Allan Roshanski and Ruslan Magomedgadzhiev were gunned down in Lomita in 2020.—
Kevinisha Walker,
Los Angeles Times,
1 Mar. 2025
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Law enforcement authorities allege he is connected to the slaying of Juan Jesus Guerrero-Chapa, the former personal attorney for a cartel leader.—
Emerson Clarridge,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
28 Feb. 2025
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Olejniczak, who remains at large, was sentenced in 2004 after pleading guilty to voluntary manslaughter in the fatal stabbing of her then-husband, serving time in prison until 2013, according to court records.—
Hanna Park,
CNN,
26 Feb. 2025
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The premiere begins just ahead of Alec Baldwin’s manslaughter trial.—
Julia Jacobs,
New York Times,
24 Feb. 2025
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Officer Anthony Gamble, a department spokesperson, said that victim was in critical condition and that homicide detectives were investigating the scene.—
Stephen Hobbs,
Sacramento Bee,
2 Mar. 2025
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The man was accused of strangling his 61-year-old victim and hitting the man’s head against the ground near a gas station on Washington Street near Fourth Avenue shortly before 5 p.m., San Diego homicide Lt. Lou Maggi said in a news release.—
Maura Fox,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
2 Mar. 2025
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“Bloodshed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bloodshed. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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