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as in anemic
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as in nonviolent
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Recent Examples of bloodless
Taimur surrendered in an almost bloodless coup—almost, because the potentate mishandled his firearm and shot himself in the foot.
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Shawn Tully, Fortune, 7 Aug. 2024
In another review, Knight melts this sprawling but bloodless new exhibition at L.A.’s Museum of Contemporary Art that takes on the unfolding environmental catastrophe in front of us using ice sculptures.
—Jessica Gelt, Los Angeles Times, 4 July 2024
Since independence in 1956, their country has experienced more coups than any other in Africa, most short-lived and bloodless.
—Declan Walsh Ivor Prickett, New York Times, 5 June 2024
The Donald is not anyway like the Dapper Don, a murderous Mob leader, and hapless Cohen is no bloodless killer like Gravano.
—New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 13 May 2024
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Shawn Tully, Fortune, 7 Aug. 2024
In another review, Knight melts this sprawling but bloodless new exhibition at L.A.’s Museum of Contemporary Art that takes on the unfolding environmental catastrophe in front of us using ice sculptures.
—Jessica Gelt, Los Angeles Times, 4 July 2024
Since independence in 1956, their country has experienced more coups than any other in Africa, most short-lived and bloodless.
—Declan Walsh Ivor Prickett, New York Times, 5 June 2024
The Donald is not anyway like the Dapper Don, a murderous Mob leader, and hapless Cohen is no bloodless killer like Gravano.
—New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 13 May 2024
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This fall, a 16-foot-tall pigeon — its chest puffed out proudly, head high, not down pecking at some errant pizza crust, its pitiless red-eye gaze looking out over the traffic — will alight on the spur of the High Line that bridges Tenth Avenue at 30th Street.Carl Swanson, Curbed, 31 July 2024
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Drugged, kidnapped, and manacled while a pitiless killer wears her face.Keith Phipps, Vulture, 11 July 2024
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But when domestic production is anemic or expensive, there are other avenues to ensure supply, such as stockpiling or diversifying foreign sources.David Faris, Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2024
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That means investors, employees and executives will be left hanging for hours after the earnings, uncertain as to whether Boeing can finally start on the path to recovery — or be forced to keep muddling through with anemic production and dwindling cash reserves.Julie Johnsson, Fortune, 20 Oct. 2024
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Fifty-one attorneys general from U.S. states, territories and the District of Columbia are making a bipartisan push for a peaceful transfer of power and a nonviolent response from voters to the 2024 election results.Julia Mueller, The Hill, 5 Nov. 2024
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His actual time behind bars was reduced by half since it is considered a nonviolent offense, court records show.Nate Gartrell, The Mercury News, 30 Oct. 2024
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Harper probably wouldn’t be thrilled to be labeled a heartless sadist by her only friend under the best of circumstances, but to get this criticism so soon after Eric, her former mentor, lobbed a similar insult her way must sting.Hershal Pandya, Vulture, 15 Sep. 2024
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From Lois and the boys’ discovery of Clark’s limp, heartless corpse to the scream Jordan released when Lex crushed that heart under his boot, there was no shortage of drama.Andy Swift, TVLine, 7 Oct. 2024
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More white people claim the credit than Black people certainly.Tax Notes Staff, Forbes, 14 Feb. 2023
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Black people make up about 14% of the U.S. population but are three times more likely to face hunger than white people, according to the Agriculture Department.Maya Eaglin, NBC News, 11 Feb. 2023
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The most formidable obstacle to a peaceable refuge was the double-decker section of the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway that hugs the cliff below Brooklyn Heights.Justin Davidson, Curbed, 3 July 2024
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In one study, 18 percent of patients flew, sang, danced, laughed, lectured or enacted other peaceable activities.Diana Kwon, Scientific American, 1 Feb. 2023
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The author renders the four-year-old Margaret’s inner life with sensitive complexity, depicting an alert child logic that defies adults’ view of her as slow and unfeeling.The New Yorker, The New Yorker, 12 June 2024
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That’s because for decades, reptiles have been characterized as cold, unfeeling, and even primitive creatures.Lily Carey, Discover Magazine, 8 Apr. 2024
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Niccol has taken a more conciliatory tone with the union.Azure Gilman, Fortune, 2 Nov. 2024
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In recent years, the British monarchy has adopted a more conciliatory tone when addressing the past horrors of transatlantic slavery.Lauren Said-Moorhouse, CNN, 25 Oct. 2024
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“Bloodless.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bloodless. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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