as in hostility
a deep-seated ill will
there's been bad blood between the two families for years
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Recent Examples of bad blood
However, there is no bad blood between my former boyfriend and myself.
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Tabitha Parent, People.com, 25 Aug. 2025
Hard to pick this one since rivalry week brings compelling games with bad blood surrounding in-state matchups like this.
—Marc Weiszer, The Tennessean, 19 Aug. 2025
It’s been 14 years since these two programs, fueled by historic bad blood, have squared off on the gridiron with Mizzou’s departure to the SEC in 2012.
—Maddie Hartley, Kansas City Star, 16 Aug. 2025
Now, however, the two-time Olympic silver medalist says that there is no bad blood between them.
—Coy Wire, CNN Money, 6 Aug. 2025
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Tabitha Parent, People.com, 25 Aug. 2025
Hard to pick this one since rivalry week brings compelling games with bad blood surrounding in-state matchups like this.
—Marc Weiszer, The Tennessean, 19 Aug. 2025
It’s been 14 years since these two programs, fueled by historic bad blood, have squared off on the gridiron with Mizzou’s departure to the SEC in 2012.
—Maddie Hartley, Kansas City Star, 16 Aug. 2025
Now, however, the two-time Olympic silver medalist says that there is no bad blood between them.
—Coy Wire, CNN Money, 6 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bad blood
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Regarding her own father, former Hollywood lighting director Thomas Markle, there is such entrenched bitterness, and this situation makes any reconciliation far from likely.—
Stephanie Nolasco , Ashley Papa,
FOXNews.com,
9 Sep. 2025
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The biggest casualty, says Srivastava, will be the goodwill between India and the United States, built after decades of bitterness over Washington's support of India's adversaries like Pakistan.—
Omkar Khandekar,
NPR,
8 Sep. 2025
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