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Recent Examples of blood feud
The personal and vicious nature of the attack led to a blood feud that included matches at WrestleMania 41 and the subsequent No Holds Barred blow-off match at Evolution 2, which Cargill won.
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Andrew Ravens, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Aug. 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
This is the culmination of storylines, careers and blood feuds wrapped in a Lone Star barbed wire bow.
—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
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Andrew Ravens, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Aug. 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
This is the culmination of storylines, careers and blood feuds wrapped in a Lone Star barbed wire bow.
—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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for blood feud
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That made Friday afternoon’s summary judgment hearing the first public glimpse of bad blood between Dallas’ NBA and NHL franchises, with their respective attorneys trading verbal blows for a little more than two hours in Texas Business Court.—
Brad Townsend,
Dallas Morning News,
6 Mar. 2026
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Set in a landscape stained by red clay and bad blood, villainy is commonplace.—
Peter White,
Deadline,
5 Mar. 2026
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That effort triggered its escalating feud with Anthropic PBC, which sought guardrails on using its technology for domestic surveillance and in fully autonomous weapons.—
Bloomberg,
Mercury News,
10 Mar. 2026
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Noem lost her job because of Minnesota, a pricey DHS ad campaign, and her feuds with the heads of Customs and Border Patrol and Immigration and Customs Enforcement — not because of the shutdown — according to a person familiar with the DHS negotiation.—
Burgess Everett,
semafor.com,
10 Mar. 2026
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Columbus tied the score late for the second straight home game.—
Senior Editor,
Los Angeles Times,
10 Mar. 2026
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The Chiefs had a 1-9 mark in one-score contests last fall.—
Sean Keeler,
Denver Post,
10 Mar. 2026
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All of Iran’s proxies share a deep ideological hatred of Israel and America.—
Sudarsan Raghavan,
New Yorker,
12 Mar. 2026
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Loud and proud Jews will not allow hatred or fear to deter our Jewish way of life or our presence in the world.—
Beth Bailey,
FOXNews.com,
11 Mar. 2026
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Witnesses told police that there had been a build-up of animosity between the two men in the months leading up to the shooting.—
Patrick Damp,
CBS News,
12 Mar. 2026
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Countries in the Gulf are balancing animosity toward the Iranian regime with concerns about what a wider war could mean for the region and the global economy.—
Justin Chang,
New Yorker,
11 Mar. 2026
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The unusually blunt readout underscores what could be a long enmity between the region and Tehran, with Arab Gulf states concluding that Iran’s drones, missiles, and proxies — essentially the regime itself — pose a regional threat.—
Mohammed Sergie,
semafor.com,
5 Mar. 2026
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Washington is looking to keep momentum in its yearlong push to stop the fighting and overcome deep enmity between the warring countries.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
26 Feb. 2026
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The trial is delayed after newborn Stella falls ill with jaundice.—
Angie Leventis Lourgos,
Chicago Tribune,
26 Feb. 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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Yosef’s relationship with his sister, Azraa, hums with the familiar chords of siblinghood — antagonism and refuge intertwined.—
Matthew Carey,
Deadline,
7 Mar. 2026
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All the while, Oh and Comer’s slow dance of antagonism crossed with infatuation is some of the most thrilling acting in recent television memory.—
Declan Gallagher,
Entertainment Weekly,
7 Mar. 2026
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“Blood feud.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blood%20feud. Accessed 14 Mar. 2026.
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