as in bad blood
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Recent Examples of blood feud
Fans are now bracing for Sunday’s grand finale, which is likely to feature the last round of the blood feud between Beth Dutton (Kelly Reilly) and her brother Jamie (Wes Bentley).
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Greg Braxton, Los Angeles Times, 13 Dec. 2024
This is a dark drama about a pair of Irish families who are shepherds and get into a blood feud over an incident of sheep rustling.
—Scott Phillips, Forbes, 1 Oct. 2024
In the blood feuds and celebrity connections that often make up L.A. politics, Hochman’s immediate predecessor George Gascón suddenly jumped on the Menendez bandwagon in the dying days of his unsuccessful reelection campaign last fall.
—Dominic Patten, Deadline, 11 Mar. 2025
And Jimmy Uso Cody Rhodes and Jimmy Uso seemed to squash their beef dating back to Rhodes’ blood feud with the Bloodline.
—Alfred Konuwa, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2025
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Greg Braxton, Los Angeles Times, 13 Dec. 2024
This is a dark drama about a pair of Irish families who are shepherds and get into a blood feud over an incident of sheep rustling.
—Scott Phillips, Forbes, 1 Oct. 2024
In the blood feuds and celebrity connections that often make up L.A. politics, Hochman’s immediate predecessor George Gascón suddenly jumped on the Menendez bandwagon in the dying days of his unsuccessful reelection campaign last fall.
—Dominic Patten, Deadline, 11 Mar. 2025
And Jimmy Uso Cody Rhodes and Jimmy Uso seemed to squash their beef dating back to Rhodes’ blood feud with the Bloodline.
—Alfred Konuwa, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for blood feud
Noun
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Although Rodgers was agitated when the Packers used the 26th overall pick in the 2020 draft on Love — and eventually held out in the summer of 2021 — there was never any bad blood between the two quarterbacks.—
Rob Reischel,
Forbes.com,
18 Apr. 2025
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The costars' dissenting views on the skit come as some fans speculate that there is bad blood between Goggins and Wood.—
Michael Nied,
People.com,
14 Apr. 2025
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Listen to this article A Democratic intraparty feud deepened Thursday as the Democratic National Committee warned Vice Chairman David Hogg to stop openly backing primary challengers to sitting lawmakers from the party’s aging old guard.—
Dave Goldiner,
New York Daily News,
24 Apr. 2025
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And rumors of a deepening feud between King Charles and his younger son, Prince Harry, continue.—
Lissete Lanuza Sáenz,
StyleCaster,
24 Apr. 2025
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Jackson, who held a big draft party at his family home in Texarkana, Texas, had an athleticism score of 85 by NFL.com to rank second among the edge rushers and defensive ends in the draft class.—
Tom Murphy,
Arkansas Online,
26 Apr. 2025
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Heat and drought tolerant once established, this prolific bloomer will draw scores of butterflies, hummingbirds, and bees to the garden.—
Kim Toscano,
Southern Living,
25 Apr. 2025
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Love has triumphed over hatred, light over darkness and truth over falsehood.—
Fernando Cervantes Jr.,
USA Today,
22 Apr. 2025
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While highlighting the vicious cycle of ethnic hatred, Gavin strives for impartiality.—
Foreign Affairs,
Foreign Affairs,
22 Apr. 2025
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But instead of a careful observation of animosity, what the show presents are examples of undiluted pain.—
Shirley Li,
The Atlantic,
21 Apr. 2025
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This unexpected exchange intensified the animosity surrounding their upcoming Women's Title match at WrestleMania 41, adding a layer of genuine heat to their feud.—
Nicholas Creel,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 Apr. 2025
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The enmity is partially driven by perception troubles, according to city, county and state sources.—
Alice Yin,
Chicago Tribune,
9 Feb. 2025
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As the war in Ukraine escalated and the enmity between Moscow and its Western rivals deepened, Lukashenko's apparent hesitance to fully commit to the conflict seems to have bought him some level of freedom from retaliation.—
David Brennan,
ABC News,
5 Dec. 2024
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The next morning, after a steamy foursome, the couple ends up in sick bay with fever, jaundice, chills, and vomiting.—
Rebecca Alter,
Vulture,
2 Apr. 2025
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Signs of liver injury can include abdominal pain, dark-colored urine, and jaundice.—
Lindsay Curtis,
Verywell Health,
4 Apr. 2025
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At least part of this antagonism is due to a psychology of conflation, by which a typical homeowner reflexively associates the notion of any homeless neighbor with the most dangerous depictions of the unsheltered: the addict desperate for a fix, the lunatic raging at unseen demons.—
Jeff Hobbs,
Time,
10 Apr. 2025
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But the cuts, in many ways, appear to be rooted in a similar antagonism.—
Nicholas Florko,
The Atlantic,
2 Apr. 2025
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“Blood feud.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blood%20feud. Accessed 7 May. 2025.
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