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Recent Examples of blood feud
One of the media industry’s great blood feuds could be headed for détente, as the United Talent Agency and the advertising dealmaker Michael Kassan appear close to reaching a settlement that could be announced in time for the annual Cannes Lions festival later this month.
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Ben Smith, semafor.com, 9 June 2025
Damian Priest Drew McIntyre vs. Damian Priest is making a slow-climb as one of WWE’s best blood feuds.
—Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 24 May 2025
Laura, who lost her daughter Cathy months prior, is already looking after a young foster child named Ollie (Jonah Wren Phillips), a strange, selectively mute boy who has an insatiable appetite and a blood feud with the family cat.
—Madison Bloom, Pitchfork, 16 May 2025
But also worth noting is that Musk is in a separate blood feud with Altman, who wants pretty much no regulation at all.
—Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2019
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Ben Smith, semafor.com, 9 June 2025
Damian Priest Drew McIntyre vs. Damian Priest is making a slow-climb as one of WWE’s best blood feuds.
—Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 24 May 2025
Laura, who lost her daughter Cathy months prior, is already looking after a young foster child named Ollie (Jonah Wren Phillips), a strange, selectively mute boy who has an insatiable appetite and a blood feud with the family cat.
—Madison Bloom, Pitchfork, 16 May 2025
But also worth noting is that Musk is in a separate blood feud with Altman, who wants pretty much no regulation at all.
—Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2019
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for blood feud
Noun
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If bad blood existed or Devers made a derogatory comment, that’s different.—
Troy Renck,
Denver Post,
6 Sep. 2025
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There is clearly some bad blood between these two division rivals.—
Scott Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
5 Sep. 2025
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One feud is on its way to being fixed, another one seems to be deepening.—
Lizzie Lanuza,
StyleCaster,
4 Sep. 2025
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The storyline catalyst is the ongoing feud between her husband, CM Punk, and the duo of Seth Rollins and Becky Lynch.—
Andrew Ravens,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Sep. 2025
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His score-tying single in the seventh inning fell at Giancarlo Stanton’s feet in left field, easily allowing pinch runner Jacob Melton to motor home from second base.—
Chandler Rome,
New York Times,
4 Sep. 2025
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Borrower delinquencies started appearing on credit reports in 2025, leading to sudden drops in credit scores.—
Rachel Hale,
USA Today,
4 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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International animosity has been found to not only affect what consumers buy while shopping, but also business-to-business purchases.—
Hugh Cameron,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Sep. 2025
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Her daughter Rimi Islam said at the time that Monica did not have any animosities with anyone, FOX 35 reported.—
Samira Asma-Sadeque,
People.com,
2 Sep. 2025
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Too much of today’s public discourse, especially online, fosters enmity instead of empathy.—
Russell M. Nelson,
Time,
5 Sep. 2025
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While there’s no love triangle, The Long Walk treats its allegiances and enmities with a grandeur that rivals any romance, especially the connection between its hero, Ray Garraty (Cooper Hoffman), and his friend Peter McVries (David Jonsson).—
Alison Willmore,
Vulture,
3 Sep. 2025
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Drinking alcohol while on any of these medications may cause symptoms including dizziness, fainting, easy bruising, and jaundice, or yellowing of the skin and eyes.—
Mira Miller,
Verywell Health,
21 Aug. 2025
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More severe fatty liver disease can cause symptoms like pain in your upper-right abdominal area, swelling, jaundice, weight loss, and nausea.—
Sarah Hudgens,
Health,
10 Aug. 2025
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Adding to antagonism between the two songwriting partners, both of whom have had pretty stellar solo careers the past four decades, has been Marr’s 2018 trademarking of The Smiths name.—
Dominic Patten,
Deadline,
3 Sep. 2025
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Here in his little 80-page grin-inducing edition published by Titan Books featuring those intimidating Klingons during their downtime, Spiotto lets his imagination run rampant in envisioning just what existence is like after the antagonism and combat plans are put away.—
Jeff Spry,
Space.com,
1 Sep. 2025
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“Blood feud.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blood%20feud. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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