bad blood

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Recent Examples of bad blood Now, however, the two-time Olympic silver medalist says that there is no bad blood between them. Coy Wire, CNN Money, 6 Aug. 2025 Despite their handshake, there still appeared to be some bad blood between the two during a joint interview with NBC. Ryan Morik, FOXNews.com, 4 Aug. 2025 There’s clearly no bad blood between Cruise and Oasis as the actor rocked out to the band at Wembley. Zack Sharf, Variety, 28 July 2025 There were already bouts of bad blood between the Carpenters and the other construction unions over the years. Calmatters, Mercury News, 13 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for bad blood
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Noun
  • After decades of entrenched hostility, there are early, though admittedly fragile, signals that both Lebanon and Syria may be reconsidering their approach to Israel.
    semafor.com, semafor.com, 3 Sep. 2025
  • The war ended with a lopsided Israeli victory, and with Iran scrambling to find more ways to punish and deter Israel if hostilities resumed.
    Graeme Wood, The Atlantic, 2 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • With a few exceptions, this cast is rife with petty grudges and trivial scandals that make for perfect competition-show fodder.
    Kathleen Walsh, Glamour, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Trump is harboring an obvious political grudge against Bolton, one that started with revoking his security clearance and Secret Service detail immediately after taking office (even though credible threats against Bolton's life have been publicly reported).
    Isaac Saul, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Rivalries that are long in tenure and thick with hatred define college sports in the Deep South, where football is second only to faith in some places.
    Quentin Corpuel, Kansas City Star, 6 Sep. 2025
  • Examples abound of men with histories of misogyny – often expressed online – who go on to commit violent crimes in the name of their hatred.
    Will Carless, USA Today, 3 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The white negroni gets its pleasant bitterness from gin infused with pine nuts.
    Rachel Bernhard, jsonline.com, 29 Aug. 2025
  • The water cleanses the palate, while the lokum balances the drink’s bitterness.
    Ali Halit Diker, CNN Money, 26 Aug. 2025

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“Bad blood.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bad%20blood. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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