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Recent Examples of blood feud
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.
—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
Surprisingly, though, Sweet Tooth took Stu’s advice to heart and decided to focus on winning the race rather than on his blood feud with Grimm.
—Rafael Motamayor, Vulture, 14 Aug. 2025
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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
Surprisingly, though, Sweet Tooth took Stu’s advice to heart and decided to focus on winning the race rather than on his blood feud with Grimm.
—Rafael Motamayor, Vulture, 14 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for blood feud
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There is, as Alcaraz says, no bad blood.—
José Criales-Unzueta,
Vanity Fair,
12 May 2026
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The two men came into the fight after tons of trash talk and seemingly bad blood, but that was buried mid-fight as the two warriors repeatedly showed each other respect.—
Brian Mazique,
Forbes.com,
10 May 2026
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The long-simmering feud with Britain came to a boil at the end of 1773, when a group of Bostonians dressed up as Indians and dumped a large freight of British tea into the harbor.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
13 May 2026
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After weeks of back-and-forth between a billionaire and NYC's mayor, the president is weighing in on the feud.—
Amethyst Martinez,
USA Today,
13 May 2026
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Cypress tied the score with two outs in the seventh when Jake De Laquil walked, stole second, went to third on a ground out and beat the tag at the plate on a ground ball with the infield in.—
Eric Sondheimer,
Los Angeles Times,
13 May 2026
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But second-year point guard Carla Leite, who had hurt her ankle earlier in the evening, blew by Jones in isolation to tie the score 96-96 with 27 seconds to play.—
Sabreena Merchant,
New York Times,
13 May 2026
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The Soros’ announcement did not say how the foundations will define antisemitism — a point of contention on college campuses and in state legislatures where debates have raged over whether criticism of Israel amounts to hatred of Jewish people.—
James Pollard,
Fortune,
13 May 2026
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The movie thus offers a complaint about the end results of Putinism, not about the ideas—the emotions, the enthusiasms, the resentments, the hatreds—that brought it about.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
13 May 2026
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President Biden never came, becoming the first to not do so since diplomatic ties were normalized, an absence that underscored simmering distrust and animosity between Washington and Beijing that has only worsened since.—
Kevin Rector,
Los Angeles Times,
12 May 2026
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Alonso was a key Liverpool player under Benitez from 2004 to 2009, one of his main lieutenants out on the pitch, before leaving for Real Madrid, but was actually never the target for any animosity from the Chelsea crowd.—
Simon Johnson,
New York Times,
11 May 2026
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Majid Saeedi / Getty Images Baghaei, Iran’s Foreign Affairs Ministry spokesman, said Monday that Tehran had no enmity against any countries in the region, including the UAE.—
Chantal Da Silva,
NBC news,
18 May 2026
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The narrative advances with the tension of the men’s relationship, with special attention paid to how Salieri’s aggression against Mozart was another avenue for his enmity against God.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
11 May 2026
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The most common adverse effects were jaundice, abdominal pain, and nausea.—
Patricia Weiser,
Verywell Health,
1 May 2026
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This yellowing may look like jaundice.—
Brandi Jones,
Health,
28 Apr. 2026
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The tension between the couple, contrasted with their joint antagonism towards the devious narrator, is hilarious.—
Rima Parikh,
Vulture,
10 May 2026
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As ideological blocs collapsed, political scientist Samuel Huntington’s influential 1996 book Clash of Civilizations articulated a growing anxiety that globalization would harden into cultural antagonism rather than consensus.—
Daniel Birnbaum,
Artforum,
2 Apr. 2026
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“Blood feud.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blood%20feud. Accessed 20 May. 2026.
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