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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
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As rumors swirl about the family’s status in the wake of Trace Cyrus’s open letter of concern to Billy Ray following the family patriarch’s inauguration performance, a Cyrus family source says talk of bad blood is unfounded.—
Rachel DeSantis,
People.com,
24 Jan. 2025
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Whoever wins, the race is likely to leave the Legislature steeped in bad blood — just as Texas must confront a wave of serious emerging problems.—
Saul Elbein,
The Hill,
30 Dec. 2024
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White House rescinds freeze on federal grants, ending feud with Congress Fed pauses rate cuts amid inflation, Trump uncertainty Don’t expect interest rates to fall anytime soon.—
Rebecca Morin,
USA TODAY,
29 Jan. 2025
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Since then, she's appeared in various high-profile matches, including her feud with Lynch that culminated in their aforementioned steel cage match at Payback.—
Jonathan Granoff,
Newsweek,
29 Jan. 2025
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The data shows a post-pandemic nose-dive in literacy scores and a widening achievement gap between the nation's highest and lowest learners in math and reading skills.—
Kayla Jimenez,
USA TODAY,
31 Jan. 2025
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But in 1999—nearly 100 years after Dédé’s death—a French music collector sold the manuscript to Harvard’s music library as part of his massive collection of scores.—
Eli Wizevich,
Smithsonian Magazine,
31 Jan. 2025
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Hannah condemned hatred of Muslims in the strongest terms possible, and Pandith did the same against antisemitism.—
Hannah Rosenthal and David Saperstein,
Newsweek,
29 Jan. 2025
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Hepburn’s hatred of fascism and the Nazis was especially resonant to people on Reddit.—
Martha Ross,
The Mercury News,
24 Jan. 2025
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The episode would forever serve as a painful reminder of the animosity and division between the two neighbors.—
Jacqueline Charles,
Miami Herald,
26 Jan. 2025
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Any animosity was put aside during their short time together on the tarmac.—
Adam Nagourney,
New York Times,
25 Jan. 2025
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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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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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In severe cases, patients may experience extreme weight loss, jaundice, inflammation of the pancreas, delirium, shock, liver failure, massive hemorrhaging and multi-organ dysfunction, the CDC stated.—
Melissa Rudy,
Fox News,
5 Dec. 2024
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If Trump does ultimately choose antagonism, U.S. intelligence agencies will face serious challenges in executing their daily operations and in focusing on their core missions.—
Peter Schroeder,
Foreign Affairs,
17 Jan. 2025
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Both stories are unusually accurate in their sense of hostile inclusion, with French pioneers, Native tribes and white Americans in a state of perpetual antagonism.—
Chris Vognar,
New York Times,
9 Jan. 2025
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“Blood feud.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blood%20feud. Accessed 8 Feb. 2025.
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