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Recent Examples of blood feud
In Chechnya, blood feuds are a traditional custom of extracting revenge by killing an enemy or his male relatives.
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Reuters, NBC News, 10 Oct. 2024
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.
—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
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Reuters, NBC News, 10 Oct. 2024
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.
—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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for blood feud
Noun
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Wallen's Irish goodbye Saturday, however, had fans wondering whether bad blood remained.—
Anna Kaufman,
USA Today,
1 Apr. 2025
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Did that last-minute switcheroo kick off a history of bad blood between the two of you?—
Seth Abramovitch,
The Hollywood Reporter,
20 Mar. 2025
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Musk and top Trump adviser feud over tariffs: 'Dumber than a sack of bricks' A 10% tariff on all U.S. trading partners went into effect on Saturday.—
Bill Hutchinson,
ABC News,
9 Apr. 2025
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The roots of the Murray-Dreyfuss feud, unbelievably, go all the way back to the May 13, 1978, episode of Saturday Night Live, which Dreyfuss hosted just weeks after winning a Best Actor Oscar for The Goodbye Girl.—
Andy Greene,
Rolling Stone,
9 Apr. 2025
Noun
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High school scores and top performers from Wednesday, April 2.—
Steve Gorches,
The Orlando Sentinel,
3 Apr. 2025
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Edouard Julien tied the score with an RBI single and Jose Miranda gave the Twins the lead with a two-run bloop single to right with an exit velocity of 65.1 mph.—
LaMond Pope,
Chicago Tribune,
2 Apr. 2025
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In fact, her personal hatred of gripping challenges even served as her Survivor hot take below.—
Dalton Ross,
EW.com,
10 Apr. 2025
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That ecstatic communal experience is a glorious moment of freedom for oppressed people, most of them living hand-to-mouth in an environment of hatred and exploitation.—
David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
10 Apr. 2025
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The animosity between the rival factions — one backing President Salva Kiir and another backing his deputy Riek Machar — has threatened to upheave the already shaky 2018 peace deal after dozens were killed following Machar’s recent arrest late last month, according to the outlet.—
Sean Neumann,
People.com,
7 Apr. 2025
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Duke may be one of the most celebrated programs in college basketball, but that admiration comes with just as much animosity.—
John W. Dean,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 Apr. 2025
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On the homefront, there is the bitter enmity between the CPS honchos and the Chicago Teachers Union over ongoing contract negotiations.—
Laura Washington,
Chicago Tribune,
8 Jan. 2025
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On a hot streak, Predator and Die Hard director John McTiernan keeps ratcheting up the tension as his two leads get closer to each other, building to a climax that, at the time at least, played like a farewell to American and Russian enmity.—
Keith Phipps,
Vulture,
19 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Prenuptial Pancreatitis The day before the wedding, the bride-to-be has a fever, jaundice of the eyes, and is diaphoretic — that is, sweating profuseful.—
Rebecca Alter,
Vulture,
2 Apr. 2025
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The longer-term physical consequences of abusing alcohol — liver damage, jaundice, and cancer — have long been impossible to ignore.—
Dylan Scott,
Vox,
14 Mar. 2025
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There’s still no ceasefire over the physical remains of the Houston Oilers, now the Titans, and the ongoing feud is defined by petty antagonism and proxy wars.—
Brooks Kubena,
New York Times,
28 Mar. 2025
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But to get up and running, Valley Link needs more state and regional funding, especially considering the Trump administration’s antagonism toward environmentally friendly projects.—
Jerry McNerney,
The Mercury News,
12 Mar. 2025
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“Blood feud.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blood%20feud. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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