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Recent Examples of bloodletting
For those of us who survived this corporate bloodletting, we were offered bland gestures of perseverance and then told to get back to work the next day.
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Steve Denning, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2025
Nationwide, research grants doled out by the National Institutes of Health were hit with an ax this month, but the bloodletting is very much a local problem.
—Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 15 Feb. 2025
Unlike the original 1985 Vampire Hunter D — a low-budget, direct-to-video effort — 2000’s Bloodlust is opulently produced, a postapocalyptic action epic stuffed with black leather, red lips, and supernatural bloodletting.
—Eric Vilas-Boas, Vulture, 21 Aug. 2024
The bloodletting reached its peak in the final days of Trump’s presidency.
—Dan Wang, Foreign Affairs, 29 July 2021
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Steve Denning, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2025
Nationwide, research grants doled out by the National Institutes of Health were hit with an ax this month, but the bloodletting is very much a local problem.
—Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 15 Feb. 2025
Unlike the original 1985 Vampire Hunter D — a low-budget, direct-to-video effort — 2000’s Bloodlust is opulently produced, a postapocalyptic action epic stuffed with black leather, red lips, and supernatural bloodletting.
—Eric Vilas-Boas, Vulture, 21 Aug. 2024
The bloodletting reached its peak in the final days of Trump’s presidency.
—Dan Wang, Foreign Affairs, 29 July 2021
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bloodletting
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And the world as a whole will experience more bloodshed, as both governments and separatists, unencumbered by global sanctions or normative restrictions, become more assertive.—
Ryan D. Griffiths,
Foreign Affairs,
20 May 2025
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Now, after all these years and all this bloodshed, Ukraine is once again being asked to accept the idea that Crimea belongs to Russia.—
Tetiana Kotelnykova,
The Atlantic,
25 Apr. 2025
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Elijah Travis Mackey, 23, was found hiding under a stairwell of a nearby motel and taken into custody, then he was charged with murder, according to the Osceola County Sheriff’s Office.—
Olivia Lloyd,
Miami Herald,
26 May 2025
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Matthew Johnson executed in Texas for murder of beloved grandmother who was set on fire Indiana executes Benjamin Ritchie for young police officer's murder.—
James Powel,
USA Today,
26 May 2025
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Criticism over big business moves In the decades that followed, Ramaphosa went from a union leader to a corporate board member implicated in stoking the slaughter of striking workers.—
Cybele Mayes-Osterman,
USA Today,
23 May 2025
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He was made to watch what Trump took to be evidence that the South African government was presiding over the slaughter of white Afrikaners.—
Jonny Steinberg,
Time,
22 May 2025
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Prom Queen ends in carnage when Megan realizes some of the other prom queen nominees, Christy Renault (Greenblatt), Melissa (Rubin) and Debbie (Ablack) have vanished.—
Jane LaCroix,
People.com,
24 May 2025
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Structurally, this is a gigantic change, perhaps even revolutionary, though the driving itself is quintessentially Mario Kart: drifting elegance, power-up carnage, albeit now featuring up to 24 competitors, which means the on-road action is set to be even more frenzied.—
Lewis Gordon,
Vulture,
23 May 2025
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News of the killings shook the small southern Oklahoma community, KOCO reported at the time.—
Mitchell Willetts,
Kansas City Star,
27 May 2025
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The fatal attack was part of a wave of racially motivated killings during that era in the United States, especially in the south.—
Sam Gillette,
People.com,
27 May 2025
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Breivik refers to Anders Behring Breivik, who killed 77 people in a massacre in Norway in 2011 that targeted mostly teenagers at a camp.—
Evan Mealins,
USA Today,
25 May 2025
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Israel-Palestine sharpened the divide: Hamas’s Oct. 7 massacre re-traumatized a community still marked by the Shoah, even as images of Gazan suffering resonated with Black memories of state violence.—
Ed Gaskin,
Boston Herald,
24 May 2025
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California Serial cat killer suspect arrested, potentially linked to a dozen-plus slayings, authorities say April 23, 2025 Authorities allege that Acosta was also seen by a neighbor grabbing a cat and slamming it over his head April 3.—
Andrew J. Campa,
Los Angeles Times,
22 May 2025
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Citywide, murders are down 26%, with 104 slayings so far this year compared to 140 by this time last year.—
Kerry Burke,
New York Daily News,
22 May 2025
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Life, like baking or butchery, is a messy business.—
Jennifer Harlan,
New York Times,
4 May 2025
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Researchers also uncovered hippo bones with butchery marks, indicating early humans at the site used the large mammals for food.—
Margherita Bassi,
Smithsonian Magazine,
6 Mar. 2025
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“Bloodletting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bloodletting. Accessed 3 Jun. 2025.
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