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Recent Examples of bloodshed
The effects of the recent bloodshed are unlikely to disappear, experts said, especially as triggers of this violence are deeply rooted in Syria’s past.
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Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN, 10 Mar. 2025
President Trump is actively working to facilitate peace and end the bloodshed in the Russia-Ukraine war.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 4 Mar. 2025
But the bloodshed that unfolded March 6-10 in Latakia and Tartous represents a frightening escalation.
—Chris Massaro, Fox News, 23 Mar. 2025
Any bloodshed is almost always strictly in service of a joke.
—Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Mar. 2025
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Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN, 10 Mar. 2025
President Trump is actively working to facilitate peace and end the bloodshed in the Russia-Ukraine war.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 4 Mar. 2025
But the bloodshed that unfolded March 6-10 in Latakia and Tartous represents a frightening escalation.
—Chris Massaro, Fox News, 23 Mar. 2025
Any bloodshed is almost always strictly in service of a joke.
—Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bloodshed
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Monroe County Sheriff’s Office detectives are investigating the murder of a woman whose body was found stuffed into a closet Monday at a Florida Keys resort.—
David Goodhue,
Miami Herald,
9 Apr. 2025
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The Menendez brothers were convicted in 1996 for the murder of their parents, José and Kitty Menendez.—
Jenny Goldsberry,
The Washington Examiner,
8 Apr. 2025
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As ever, though, the gains are far from uniform, and a handful of states continue to account for an oversized share of the carnage.—
Jonathan M. Gitlin,
ArsTechnica,
9 Apr. 2025
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After three days of market carnage, investors appeared to be seeking some buying opportunities.—
John Towfighi, David Goldman and Matt Egan,
CNN Money,
8 Apr. 2025
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Namely: Who bears responsibility for the slaughter of the season?—
Jessica M. Goldstein,
Vulture,
7 Apr. 2025
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That concept of freedom might be better exemplified by Cambodia’s Khmer Rouge, another Third World death cult that promised liberation and promoted slaughter — and that came with its own prominent apologists on American college campuses.—
Bret Stephens,
Mercury News,
4 Apr. 2025
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Trump got a temporary reprieve when the markets closed Friday at 4 p.m., but expect the massacre to resume this morning at 9:30 when the opening bell rings at the New York Stock Exchange.—
New York Daily News Editorial Board,
New York Daily News,
7 Apr. 2025
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In 2007, the British journalist David Litchfield wrote in the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung that guests at a ball at Schloss Rechnitz were invited to shoot Jews for sport—a claim disputed by historians, who do not dispute that the massacre took place.—
James Wood,
New Yorker,
7 Apr. 2025
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The attack sparked outrage on social media, with politicians from the north condemning the killings.—
Dyepkazah Shibayan,
Los Angeles Times,
29 Mar. 2025
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The Homicide Unit is investigating the circumstances surrounding the killing, police said.—
Harriet Ramos,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
28 Mar. 2025
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Authorities have alleged that Mangione meticulously planned the slaying of Thompson, who was killed outside a hotel where he was slated to attend an investor meeting that day.—
Faris Tanyos,
CBS News,
17 Apr. 2025
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Three men are under arrest on murder charges in the November double slaying of a Sacramento man and woman, Sacramento police officials announced Wednesday.—
Darrell Smith,
Sacbee.com,
16 Apr. 2025
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Instead, Woods last month pleaded no contest to child abuse, voluntary manslaughter and false imprisonment, according to court records.—
Stephen Hobbs,
Sacbee.com,
18 Apr. 2025
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She is charged with second-degree murder, manslaughter while operating a motor vehicle under the influence, and leaving the scene of an accident causing death.—
Flint McColgan,
Boston Herald,
16 Apr. 2025
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Local and state officials are investigating the 26-year-old's death as a homicide.—
Audrey Conklin,
Fox News,
24 Mar. 2025
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Three and a half years after the homicides, the emotions are still raw.—
Matthew Adams,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
24 Mar. 2025
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“Bloodshed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bloodshed. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.
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