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Recent Examples of blood feud
This is the culmination of storylines, careers and blood feuds wrapped in a Lone Star barbed wire bow.
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Jenny Catlin, New York Times, 12 July 2025
Because apparently, glam squads are the new blood feuds in Atlanta.
—Shelby Stewart, Essence, 22 June 2025
But many try to portray Iran’s hatred of Israel as some kind of thousand-year-old blood feud.
—Connor Okeeffe, Oc Register, 20 June 2025
This season, the main tension appears to be more about Ellie becoming mature enough to accept that not all heroes have to make dramatic sacrifices or win a blood feud.
—Mary McNamara, Los Angeles Times, 26 May 2025
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Jenny Catlin, New York Times, 12 July 2025
Because apparently, glam squads are the new blood feuds in Atlanta.
—Shelby Stewart, Essence, 22 June 2025
But many try to portray Iran’s hatred of Israel as some kind of thousand-year-old blood feud.
—Connor Okeeffe, Oc Register, 20 June 2025
This season, the main tension appears to be more about Ellie becoming mature enough to accept that not all heroes have to make dramatic sacrifices or win a blood feud.
—Mary McNamara, Los Angeles Times, 26 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for blood feud
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Ali Wong and Bill Hader have broken up after dating for nearly three years, but there doesn’t appear to be any bad blood between the pair.—
Jami Ganz,
New York Daily News,
7 Jan. 2026
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This rivalry represents the pinnacle of basketball drama, with social media already buzzing about the historic bad blood between these two franchises.—
Tyler Everett,
MSNBC Newsweek,
5 Dec. 2025
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However, David Beckham seemed to hint at the family feud during his appearance at Davos 2026, speaking about children and the risks of social media.—
Dani Di Placido,
Forbes.com,
21 Jan. 2026
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The feud in Loving County is marked by both intensity and stasis, with the two sides locked in a small-town version of trench warfare.—
Rachel Monroe,
New Yorker,
21 Jan. 2026
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Look no further than the game's biggest play, a fourth and 4 quarterback draw that saw Mendoza run over one Miami defender before barreling into the end zone for a score from 12 yards out in the fourth quarter.—
Ed Graney Las Vegas Review-Journal,
Arkansas Online,
21 Jan. 2026
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Aven targets consumers with prime and super prime FICO scores that are usually above 700.—
Jeff Kauflin,
Forbes.com,
21 Jan. 2026
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Someone that was so divisive and creating content that was purely based on hatred.—
Lily Ford,
HollywoodReporter,
15 Jan. 2026
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In the same collections of letters and other writing that record his intense hatred, there are also plenty of tender comments about his homeland.—
Amir Ahmadi Arian,
The Dial,
15 Jan. 2026
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Along with that determination, Reid had an industrial-strength capacity to relinquish hard feelings, forget old animosities and move on.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
18 Jan. 2026
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There is no animosity toward the Jaguars’ Montaric Brown, who delivered a blow on a hospital-ball crossing route strong enough to send Bryant to the hospital for precautionary measures.—
Joe Nguyen,
Denver Post,
17 Jan. 2026
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As the two wander around the museum—one pressuring, the other deflecting—the novel portrays their professed enmity as underscored by the force of attraction, even of love.—
Naomi Fry,
New Yorker,
10 Jan. 2026
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The fan bases have a long-standing enmity, and the players don’t much like each other either.—
Jon Greenberg,
New York Times,
10 Jan. 2026
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Doctors quickly determined that Chris had jaundice and that his kidneys and liver had shut down.—
Erin Clack,
PEOPLE,
9 Jan. 2026
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Post-birth, doctors said Alex Maze suffered from jaundice, anemia and an abnormal heart rhythm.—
Dan Slepian,
NBC news,
16 Dec. 2025
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This is particularly evident in the growing antagonism that certain factions express toward Vance.—
Thomas Chatterton Williams,
The Atlantic,
19 Jan. 2026
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Although not part of any official policy, de-escalation applies to civilians as well; indeed, minority citizens often learn early on how to minimize antagonisms when interacting with police.—
Laurence Miller,
Sun Sentinel,
14 Jan. 2026
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“Blood feud.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blood%20feud. Accessed 23 Jan. 2026.
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