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When will the bloodletting of great sports journalists end?
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There's also the occasionally uncomfortable matter of a little girl freely engaged in the bloodletting, and the sheer build-up of collateral damage as the movie's body count mounts.
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If the Times report is any indication, a massive policy shift is badly needed, and long before the criminal investigation and political bloodletting has finished.
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Despite the bloodletting among finance chiefs during the oil downturn, those who stuck it out in the industry are likely to be in demand for years, said Rob Thummel, portfolio manager at Tortoise Capital Advisors.
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II This #Jets roster bloodletting (Harris and Decker) is all about the owner smitten with notion of landing the No.
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The bloodletting of Christians must end, and all who aid their killers must be punished.
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Interviews with nearly a dozen lawmakers involved in the negotiations reveal that Democrats and moderate Republicans were on the edge of a deal that could have stanched the bloodletting.
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While targeting the 401(k)s would have alienated a very large portion of the entire population in one fell swoop, there will be more targeted bloodletting with the deductions that are cut.
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First Known Use of bloodletting
13th century
BLOODLETTING Defined for English Language Learners
bloodletting
playDefinition of bloodletting for English Language Learners
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: the former practice of taking some blood out of the bodies of sick people to heal them
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: the practice of causing someone to bleed as part of a religious ceremony
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: the killing of people
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