blood sport
noun
1
: a sport or contest (such as hunting or cockfighting) involving bloodshed
2
: a ruthless or cutthroat competition or conflict
… the blood sport that is political blogging.—
Massimo Calabresi
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These campaigns, whether waged by one person or a community, have turned reading into a blood sport.
—Kate Lindsay, Vulture, 5 Jan. 2024
Politics Mistrust, fights and blood sport: How COVID-19 trauma is shaping the 2024 election
May 9, 2024
The new subvariants have been dubbed FLiRT for the mutations on the evolved COVID-19 virus.
—Karen Kaplan, Los Angeles Times, 15 May 2024
The blood sport can be highly lucrative for owners and for spectators who may wager thousands on a match.
—Zoe Sottile, CNN, 6 Apr. 2024
As if to drive home that tennis is a blood sport, Sinner took his trophy to the Colosseum and posed for photos on the floor of the amphitheater, foisting the cup in the air.
—Abby Aguirre, Vogue, 4 Apr. 2024
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Kate Lindsay, Vulture, 5 Jan. 2024
Politics Mistrust, fights and blood sport: How COVID-19 trauma is shaping the 2024 election
May 9, 2024
The new subvariants have been dubbed FLiRT for the mutations on the evolved COVID-19 virus.
—Karen Kaplan, Los Angeles Times, 15 May 2024
The blood sport can be highly lucrative for owners and for spectators who may wager thousands on a match.
—Zoe Sottile, CNN, 6 Apr. 2024
As if to drive home that tennis is a blood sport, Sinner took his trophy to the Colosseum and posed for photos on the floor of the amphitheater, foisting the cup in the air.
—Abby Aguirre, Vogue, 4 Apr. 2024
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“Blood sport.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/blood%20sport. Accessed 4 Jul. 2024.
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