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Recent Examples of blood feud
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.
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Madison Bloom, Pitchfork, 16 May 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
The blood feud that began with Chris Eubank Sr. and Nigel Benn decades ago has manifested in their sons, who’ve lived their careers in the shadows of their fathers' rivalry.
—Brian Mazique, Forbes.com, 26 Apr. 2025
Maybe Sam Nivola and Leslie Bibb were in a secret blood feud.
—Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 10 Apr. 2025
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Madison Bloom, Pitchfork, 16 May 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
The blood feud that began with Chris Eubank Sr. and Nigel Benn decades ago has manifested in their sons, who’ve lived their careers in the shadows of their fathers' rivalry.
—Brian Mazique, Forbes.com, 26 Apr. 2025
Maybe Sam Nivola and Leslie Bibb were in a secret blood feud.
—Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 10 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for blood feud
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For her part, Clarkson said there was no bad blood between her and McEntire in the wake of her tumultuous divorce from Brandon.—
Rachel McRady,
People.com,
8 Aug. 2025
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Now, however, the two-time Olympic silver medalist says that there is no bad blood between them.—
Coy Wire,
CNN Money,
6 Aug. 2025
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The latest news out of the British royal family is that the feud between King Charles and Prince Harry could soon come to an end.—
Lizzie Lanuza,
StyleCaster,
6 Aug. 2025
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In the latest chapter of their online feud, the former NFL wide receiver has agreed to fight the 42-year-old rapper’s husband with $10 million on the line.—
Armon Sadler,
VIBE.com,
5 Aug. 2025
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The film also has a Certified Fresh score, awarded to films with a score of 75% or higher and at least five reviews from top critics.—
Saleen Martin,
USA Today,
12 Aug. 2025
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The report is a compilation of STAAR scores in every campus in the city, including schools in 12 school districts and 13 charter school networks, broken out by city council district.—
Silas Allen,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
12 Aug. 2025
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However, Kelly’s hatred towards Beyoncé is well-documented and the singer’s fans have noticed.—
Mya Abraham,
VIBE.com,
6 Aug. 2025
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The Republican Party has nothing positive to say about any person, place or thing that Trump disparages in his rants of hatred.—
Reader Commentary,
Baltimore Sun,
6 Aug. 2025
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This widespread animosity presents ongoing challenges for prison management and raises serious concerns about the safety and well-being of those in BOP’s custody.—
Walter Pavlo,
Forbes.com,
31 July 2025
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By taking away gaming as a form of punishment, parents take away their kid’s social lifeline, and in turn create animosity in the parent-child relationship.—
Cyndy Etler,
Hartford Courant,
28 July 2025
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Paul Monreal is a fourth-great-grandchild of Catherine and Patrick O’Leary, who endured the enmity of Chicagoans after they were wrongfully accused of starting the Great Chicago Fire, which legend said was started by a jittery dairy cow named Daisy.—
William Lee,
Chicago Tribune,
5 July 2025
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Trump has never wavered in his enmity for California.—
Thomas Elias,
Mercury News,
23 June 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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The most common symptoms were jaundice, abdominal pain, and nausea.—
Patricia Weiser,
Verywell Health,
6 Aug. 2025
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Such anti-social behavior, such as not being fully dressed on the streets of Spanish or French towns, particularly in high tourist season, can only fuel the antagonism felt by locals towards the multitude of tourists who arrive in Europe every summer.—
Alex Ledsom,
Forbes.com,
6 Aug. 2025
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Instead, and contrary to China’s wishes, the war has further entrenched great-power antagonisms among China, Russia, the United States, and Europe.—
Da Wei,
Foreign Affairs,
29 July 2025
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“Blood feud.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blood%20feud. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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