flesh and blood
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The script itself offers up plenty of solid laughs as characters bumble around searching for connections of the flesh and blood variety when not getting their heads chopped off.
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David John Chávez, The Mercury News, 24 Jan. 2025
The red surrounding this mandala’s central deity is a Buddhist symbol of purity, but also a reminder that purity starts with the flesh and blood that everybody gets for free.
—Jackson Arn, The New Yorker, 2 Jan. 2025
The government’s rejection of its citizens’ efforts for change is personal to him—as devastating and painful, the film suggests, as having a father turn against his own flesh and blood.
—Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 8 Dec. 2024
An opponent that feels no pain or fear, and who is immune to gunfire, is not like one made of flesh and blood.
—David Hambling, Forbes, 20 Sep. 2024
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David John Chávez, The Mercury News, 24 Jan. 2025
The red surrounding this mandala’s central deity is a Buddhist symbol of purity, but also a reminder that purity starts with the flesh and blood that everybody gets for free.
—Jackson Arn, The New Yorker, 2 Jan. 2025
The government’s rejection of its citizens’ efforts for change is personal to him—as devastating and painful, the film suggests, as having a father turn against his own flesh and blood.
—Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 8 Dec. 2024
An opponent that feels no pain or fear, and who is immune to gunfire, is not like one made of flesh and blood.
—David Hambling, Forbes, 20 Sep. 2024
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“Flesh and blood.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/flesh%20and%20blood. Accessed 4 May. 2025.
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