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Recent Examples of blood feud
This is a dark drama about a pair of Irish families who are shepherds and get into a blood feud over an incident of sheep rustling.
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Scott Phillips, Forbes, 1 Oct. 2024
Now, with the assassination of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh on Wednesday, the blood feud between the two appeared to deepen, with American peacemakers standing on the sidelines.
—David Ignatius, Washington Post, 31 July 2024
Popular on Variety All of this works like a charm, but as the film goes on, it’s slowly subsumed by a larger tale in the background, unfolding in the form of oblique 1950s flashbacks and opaque references to decades-old blood feuds.
—Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 21 May 2024
At first, the story plays its cards close to its chest before transforming wildly and suddenly into a mythological epic about secret societies and millennia-old blood feuds.
—Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 22 Dec. 2023
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Scott Phillips, Forbes, 1 Oct. 2024
Now, with the assassination of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh on Wednesday, the blood feud between the two appeared to deepen, with American peacemakers standing on the sidelines.
—David Ignatius, Washington Post, 31 July 2024
Popular on Variety All of this works like a charm, but as the film goes on, it’s slowly subsumed by a larger tale in the background, unfolding in the form of oblique 1950s flashbacks and opaque references to decades-old blood feuds.
—Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 21 May 2024
At first, the story plays its cards close to its chest before transforming wildly and suddenly into a mythological epic about secret societies and millennia-old blood feuds.
—Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 22 Dec. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for blood feud
Noun
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Now, Violet’s appearance seems to show there’s no bad blood between her and her father.—
Justin Curto,
Vulture,
31 Jan. 2025
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Despite the player’s lack of game time, there is not understood to be any bad blood between the pair.—
Beren Cross,
The Athletic,
17 Jan. 2025
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Some backstory: Williams and Drake were briefly romantically linked in 2011 but have had public feud with one another since then.—
Kathleen Walsh,
Glamour,
11 Feb. 2025
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The tennis icon was once rumored to be an ex-girlfriend of Drake, which, considering Lamar’s current feud with the rap star, would be seen as another diss.—
William Earl,
Variety,
10 Feb. 2025
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Take a look at what's happening to the nation's reading and math scores — and what schools can do about it.—
Suzanne Nuyen,
NPR,
11 Feb. 2025
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The only member of the cast or crew to be nominated at any of the major awards shows that year was Hans Zimmer, whose score lost at the Critics Choice Awards, Emmys, and Grammys.—
Ryan Coleman,
EW.com,
11 Feb. 2025
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He’s been terrified, in love, hit in the head and, most often, in a state of bitter hatred.—
Glenn Garner,
Deadline,
7 Feb. 2025
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There was a conscious decision made not to blow up the church, because that's so symbolic of hatred, and that was a sacred building for the entire Walnut Grove community on the show and off the show.—
Kristen Baldwin,
EW.com,
6 Feb. 2025
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What that means for you IRS announces the start of the 2025 tax season The current animosity bears many similarities to an earlier episode in U.S. history — the Tariff Act of 1930 — which triggered an all-out trade war and exacerbated the Great Depression, according to economic historians.—
Greg Iacurci,Ana Teresa Solá,
CNBC,
5 Feb. 2025
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While this time the hostilities won’t play out militarily, such animosity will shape the Canadian parliamentary elections that must be held by October.—
Lawrence B.A. Hatter / Made by History,
TIME,
4 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Trump is a better investment than your average president: Both the blessings of his favor and the consequences of his enmity are more extreme.—
Ezra Klein,
The Mercury News,
31 Jan. 2025
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The one area in which Trump shows unwavering determination is his enmity toward technical expertise.—
Henry Farrell,
Foreign Affairs,
23 Dec. 2024
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Blue light is also used in neonatal intensive care units to prevent jaundice.—
Ashley May,
Axios,
3 Dec. 2024
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When cirrhosis sets in, Dr. Lai says people often develop jaundice, which is yellowing of eyes and skin.—
Brittany Risher,
SELF,
6 Dec. 2024
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But Roy is widely seen as an extreme long shot for the job given his antagonism to leadership and his previous votes against procedural rules — legislation designed by the Rules panel that governs debate and consideration of amendments on the House floor — despite being on the committee.—
Emily Brooks,
The Hill,
3 Jan. 2025
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Archival footage helps the director explore the history of Cuban resistance, its antagonism to the American imperial project and Fidel Castro’s evolving reputation.—
Lovia Gyarkye,
The Hollywood Reporter,
19 Nov. 2024
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“Blood feud.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blood%20feud. Accessed 16 Feb. 2025.
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