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Recent Examples of blood feud
This transformed a political rivalry into a blood feud.
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Karim Sadjadpour,
The Atlantic,
31 Jan. 2026
There's only one way in which this blood feud between Billy Butcher (Karl Urban) and Homelander (Antony Starr) ends.
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Sergio Pereira,
Space.com,
2 Jan. 2026
He will always be remembered for igniting the Avs-Red Wings blood feud.
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Troy Renck,
Denver Post,
13 Dec. 2025
In classical antiquity, the mountainous region was notorious for bandits; in modern times, blood feuds among clans were rife.
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Literary Hub,
22 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for blood feud
Karim Sadjadpour,
The Atlantic,
31 Jan. 2026
There's only one way in which this blood feud between Billy Butcher (Karl Urban) and Homelander (Antony Starr) ends.
—
Sergio Pereira,
Space.com,
2 Jan. 2026
He will always be remembered for igniting the Avs-Red Wings blood feud.
—
Troy Renck,
Denver Post,
13 Dec. 2025
In classical antiquity, the mountainous region was notorious for bandits; in modern times, blood feuds among clans were rife.
—
Literary Hub,
22 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for blood feud
Recent Examples of Synonyms for blood feud
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No amount of bad blood could stop them from seeing this love story play out.
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There’s no bad blood, though, with both offering nothing but good words to say about each other and wishing each other luck moving forward.
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That’s reigniting age-old feuds about production quotas that already led the United Arab Emirates, one of OPEC’s most significant members, to leave the group in April.
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In Tip Toe, Manchester gay bar owner Leo Struthers (Alan Cumming) and electrician neighbor Clive Goss’ (David Morrissey) feud takes a deadly turn when online conspiracy theories and anti-LGBTQ rhetoric come into play.
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Reading scores among high school seniors are at their lowest in decades, according to federal testing data, while schools across the country are grappling with how to respond to waning attention spans and artificial intelligence.
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Kaishu Sano stole a pass in the middle of the field and then did the rest, running down the middle of the pitch before burying a right-footed strike into the left side of the goal, his first score in international play.
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Disciples of this extremist hatred are running for office and winning in select primaries.
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But to the man himself, comedy is—like life—first and foremost about hatred of death.
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The match is expected to be brutal with much animosity between the two competitors.
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Others warned that Emmer’s comments and the growing animosity towards Somali- and Muslim-American communities marked a regression to a more bigoted era in the United States.
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After Cape Fear anchors us in those assurances, the men’s enmity continues manipulating our expectations and our beliefs.
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Lalas’ apparent delight in courting the enmity of the American viewing public also extends to his co-hosts—so much so that his early verbal scuffles with Zlatan Ibrahimović have gone more viral than whooping cough.
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Symptoms of the disease include yellowing of the skin and whites of the eyes (jaundice), intensely itchy skin, white-colored stools, fatigue and weight loss weight without trying.
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Up to 60% of full-term babies develop jaundice during the first week of life, and 80% of premature babies do, according to the Cleveland Clinic.
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Reynolds uses the modern expression culture war to describe the mutual antagonism; that feels right.
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Ben Green, assistant professor of information at the University of Michigan, told Fortune there’s meanwhile abundant signs that antagonism toward data centers is real and organic.
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“Blood feud.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blood%20feud. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.
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