bloodguiltiness

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Noun
  • Death, fear, and sorrow unify the disparate practices.
    Rivka Galchen, New Yorker, 7 Jan. 2026
  • But grief will give you so much more than sorrow.
    Lauren DePino, CNN Money, 4 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • Emotions were on full display with many expressing sadness and frustration, not only over Wednesday's federal raid, but raids happening around the Twin Cities over the last 40 days.
    WCCO Staff, CBS News, 9 Jan. 2026
  • The initial answer to that question is a no, according to some evangelical pastors and commentators who reacted with shock and sadness to Yancey’s confession.
    John Blake, CNN Money, 8 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • Ege, a 31-year-old special education teacher, ended up reaching out to the group Families for Safe Streets, whose members showed up at their apartment shortly after Musyoka’s death to help them through those initial days and weeks of grief.
    Johnny Dodd, PEOPLE, 8 Nov. 2025
  • We’re largely left to imagine her fears for an uncertain future, her grief for an unknown, unborn child and her thoughts on becoming a symbolic figure in the outside world, with another woman’s name to boot.
    Guy Lodge, Variety, 7 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • The plaintiff seeks damages for privacy invasion, emotional distress, reputational harm and alleged placement on government watch lists.
    Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 8 Jan. 2026
  • The initial wave of relief soon lifted, giving way to distress when Franco learned his home was uninhabitable.
    Joy Benedict, CBS News, 7 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • No adolescent defiance or child’s anguish was visible on his face now.
    George Packer, The Atlantic, 6 Nov. 2025
  • Some critics called for more editorial discipline in the film, or found Lawrence’s onscreen spin cycle of anguish, which involves literally clawing her way up walls or flinging herself through glass doors, to be repetitive.
    Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 5 Nov. 2025
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“Bloodguiltiness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bloodguiltiness. Accessed 12 Jan. 2026.

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