bloodless

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Recent Examples of bloodless But now, with the bloodless spectacle of a button being pushed to prompt a computer to decide the league-phase fixtures, then variables for the knockouts limited to deciding which of two pre-determined teams the winners of the play-offs would face, the old way actually seems quite diverting. Nick Miller, New York Times, 28 Feb. 2026 The structure floods the retina with sugar to fuel its anaerobic engine and rapidly vacuums out lactate waste, preventing the build-up of toxic byproducts in the bloodless eye. Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 21 Jan. 2026 In recent years, these Chinese middlemen have essentially become the go-to bankers for the biggest players in the US drug trade, authorities have said, wresting control from Latin American interests in what has amounted to a bloodless coup. Rob Kuznia, CNN Money, 18 Nov. 2025 Perhaps the reason that the Revolution is so drenched in mythology and bloodless gallantness is that there are no photographs. Daniel D'addario, Variety, 14 Nov. 2025 See All Example Sentences for bloodless
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Adjective
  • But Lincoln was the Declaration’s most pitiless and most brilliant editor.
    Jill Lepore, New Yorker, 4 May 2026
  • The scene offers a pitiless view of the sexism, and materialism, of the culture in which the girls were being raised.
    Mark Oppenheimer, Vulture, 25 Feb. 2026
Adjective
  • The 76ers controlled play throughout the third quarter — outscoring the offensively anemic Celtics 24-14 — and carried an 82-63 lead into the fourth.
    Zack Cox, Boston Herald, 1 May 2026
  • Susan Collins is an anemic and tired candidate.
    semafor.com, semafor.com, 30 Apr. 2026
Adjective
  • Her tough stand against military rule in Myanmar turned her into a symbol of nonviolent struggle for democracy, and won her the 1991 Nobel Peace Prize.
    ABC News, ABC News, 30 Apr. 2026
  • Peace journalism is a form of news reporting by which reporters frame their stories in ways that facilitate nonviolent responses to conflict, for example, by avoiding inflammatory words such as massacre, slaughter, or brutal.
    Karen McIntyre, Encyclopedia Britannica, 27 Apr. 2026
Adjective
  • The script, by Ed Solomon, treats the Sklar siblings as cardboard grotesques—heartless, talentless, united in their loathing of a father who loathes them right back.
    Justin Chang, New Yorker, 3 Apr. 2026
  • Where the latter brought incredible jokes and plenty of heart, the former is purposefully heartless and half-intentionally predictable.
    Ben Travers, IndieWire, 17 Mar. 2026
Adjective
  • The first lady matched with Queen Consort Camilla in all white during Camilla and King Charles' appearance on the White House's South Lawn on Day 2 of their state visit, Tuesday, April 28.
    Kathryn Palmer, USA Today, 29 Apr. 2026
  • The food is exceptional, and there are white beaches to lie on and bubble-like suites to escape into.
    Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 Apr. 2026
Adjective
  • With no discernable reason beyond intimidation, Hasner approved this staggering waste of taxpayer funds, stifling the First Amendment right of peaceable assembly.
    Karen J. Leader, Sun Sentinel, 9 Mar. 2026
  • Military experts and Iran scholars say that airstrikes alone are unlikely to transform the Islamic republic into a peaceable, democratic country.
    Doyle McManus, Los Angeles Times, 2 Mar. 2026
Adjective
  • One says, God can always see you with his unfeeling precision.
    Sandra Lim, New Yorker, 30 Mar. 2026
  • As the actor tells Glamour, most were written according to stereotypes and portrayed as cold, unfeeling, aggressive, or robotic.
    Sam Reed, Glamour, 20 Mar. 2026
Adjective
  • Even Meloni’s fiercest political opponent, Elly Shlein, head of the opposition Democratic Party, made a rare conciliatory comment about her.
    Barbie Latza Nadeau, CNN Money, 24 Apr. 2026
  • Magyar's statement was likely greeted with pleasure by many across the European Union, who had grown accustomed to Orbán's conciliatory tone when discussing the war or Putin.
    ABC News, ABC News, 12 Apr. 2026

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“Bloodless.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bloodless. Accessed 6 May. 2026.

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