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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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Ramirez-Rosa later apologized to Mitts and survived the censure push, but there was bad blood over his treatment of the veteran African American alderman.—
Laura Washington,
Chicago Tribune,
5 Mar. 2025
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There's seemingly no bad blood between Alix Earle and Bethenny Frankel.—
Athena Sobhan,
People.com,
3 Mar. 2025
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The Red Bull team principal was eventually cleared of any wrongdoing, but the feud between the two resurfaced at the end of June, when Jos accused Horner of preventing him from driving in the Legends' Parade at the Austrian Grand Prix.—
Dan Cancian,
Forbes,
8 Mar. 2025
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Dozens of titles followed, and Predator 2 even slipped a Xenomorph skull into the Predator's trophy to tease the feud.—
Randall Colburn,
EW.com,
7 Mar. 2025
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Special mention also to the electronic score by Johnson’s regular composer — his brother Matt, A.K.A. The The — whose electronic score sets the mood.—
Damon Wise,
Deadline,
9 Mar. 2025
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Senior shooting guard Yame Butler dropped in a layup to cap a 31-17 comeback for Drexel (18-15) that narrowed the score to 77-76 with 1:54 to go.—
Edward Lee,
Baltimore Sun,
9 Mar. 2025
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Democrats, blinded by their hatred of him, have ignored this.—
Gordon G. Chang,
Newsweek,
3 Mar. 2025
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Debra Messing, who has produced a new documentary on (horseshoe-theory) antisemitism called October 8, has been one of Hollywood’s few intensely admirable exceptions, calling out anti-Jewish hatred with a fierce constancy over the past 16 months.—
Steven Zeitchik,
The Hollywood Reporter,
1 Mar. 2025
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Since Trump first threatened to enact sweeping tariffs on Canadian imports and began referring to the US’ northern neighbor as the 51st state, animosity toward the US and its leader has been mounting.—
Lex Harvey,
CNN,
6 Mar. 2025
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Trump’s animosity toward the First Amendment also extended to its guarantee of peaceable assembly.—
Scott Nover,
TIME,
5 Mar. 2025
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Editors’ Picks The Forgotten Writers Who Influenced Jane Austen Many Ukrainians have cheered Mr. Zelensky for standing up to Mr. Trump, even if the personal enmity has become an impediment.—
Andrew E. Kramer,
New York Times,
24 Feb. 2025
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The subsequent 444-day hostage crisis at the embassy in Tehran kindled decades of enmity.—
Nasser Karimi,
Chicago Tribune,
10 Feb. 2025
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Symptoms of poisoning are vomiting, diarrhea, lethargy and jaundice.—
Ella Gonzales,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
7 Feb. 2025
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This condition involves inflammation and swelling of the bile ducts and causes fever, chills, abdominal pain, and jaundice.—
Mark Gurarie,
Health,
31 Jan. 2025
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The White House meeting was a striking exchange of open antagonism in the Oval Office, a space typically reserved for formal diplomacy, especially among U.S. allies.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
Newsweek,
4 Mar. 2025
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The unaccountable bureaucracy and bloated government that find a home there, and the public and private corruption that go along with them, face serious scrutiny and genuine antagonism for the first time in a while.—
Jack Butler,
National Review,
2 Mar. 2025
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“Blood feud.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blood%20feud. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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