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Recent Examples of bloodless
The bloodless tomatoes waiting for us in the fall are mostly imported from Mexico, and as with so many other goods these days, they are now stuck in the middle of President Donald Trump’s trade war.
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Rachel Sugar, The Atlantic, 24 July 2025
Matrimonial loyalty, bloodless professional efficiency, and the trappings of extremely quiet luxury combine for a diverting, twisty 90 minutes.
—Taylor Antrim, Vogue, 21 July 2025
However, the transition has not been bloodless: Communities associated with the old regime have been targeted for massacres by fighters linked to the country’s new leaders, a sign that Syria remains dangerously polarized.
—Tom Chivers, semafor.com, 1 July 2025
But in the strangest and most accomplished of his novels—Car (1972), A Feast of Snakes (1976), and The Knockout Artist (1988), the latter of which was reissued last year by Penguin Classics—what these strivers are after isn’t so material, and their pursuits are anything but slick or bloodless.
—Charlie Lee, Harpers Magazine, 18 June 2025
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Rachel Sugar, The Atlantic, 24 July 2025
Matrimonial loyalty, bloodless professional efficiency, and the trappings of extremely quiet luxury combine for a diverting, twisty 90 minutes.
—Taylor Antrim, Vogue, 21 July 2025
However, the transition has not been bloodless: Communities associated with the old regime have been targeted for massacres by fighters linked to the country’s new leaders, a sign that Syria remains dangerously polarized.
—Tom Chivers, semafor.com, 1 July 2025
But in the strangest and most accomplished of his novels—Car (1972), A Feast of Snakes (1976), and The Knockout Artist (1988), the latter of which was reissued last year by Penguin Classics—what these strivers are after isn’t so material, and their pursuits are anything but slick or bloodless.
—Charlie Lee, Harpers Magazine, 18 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bloodless
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The film’s only real villain is Al Pacino, doing a Colonel Sanders accent as Richard’s father M.L. Hall, whose pitiless rigidity stands in for capitalism as a whole.—
Katie Rife,
IndieWire,
2 Sep. 2025
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Each failure rekindled the gravitational pull of an existential, pitiless struggle.—
Hussein Agha,
New Yorker,
22 Aug. 2025
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Starmer initially stood up for his deputy, but his support grew more anemic day by day.—
Max Foster,
CNN Money,
5 Sep. 2025
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The Philly performance could have been the final Wu-Tang Clan concert ever had ticket sales been anemic; now the show will be the end of the group’s first leg of an extended farewell run that will push into 2026.—
Jason Lipshutz,
Billboard,
28 Aug. 2025
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All No Kings events follow a commitment to nonviolent action, according to the organizer’s website.—
Tiffani Jackson,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
9 Sep. 2025
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State Republicans led passage of the First Step Act, billing the legislation that created shorter sentences for nonviolent offenders as an effort to end overincarceration.—
Emily Hallas,
The Washington Examiner,
8 Sep. 2025
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Democrats saw an opportunity to portray her as selfish and heartless, willing to manipulate the legal system at the expense of grieving children.—
Ruth Marcus,
New Yorker,
18 Aug. 2025
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The first four episodes of season 2 crept onto Netflix earlier this month, throwing our favorite heartless teenager (played by Jenna Ortega) headfirst into a new mystery, complete with secret experiments, ravenous zombies, and a spat of unsettling bird murders.—
Allison DeGrushe Published,
EW.com,
15 Aug. 2025
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The silk faille jacket was not quite white but a pale blush, and the loose pants and top beneath had an intricate pattern of silver beads.—
Belinda Luscombe,
Time,
5 Sep. 2025
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In late August, Lawrence stepped out in an outfit made up of seasonless basics, pairing an airy black midiskirt with an untucked white T-shirt and a single-breasted Dissh blazer.—
Emily Tannenbaum,
Glamour,
5 Sep. 2025
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In fact, as believing Christians, Jews, or Muslims know, the founders and leaders of these major world religions advocate understanding of others, empathy for their suffering, and the pursuit of peaceable relations with all.—
Howard Steele,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 Aug. 2025
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Such was the peaceable dreaming, the end-of-history thinking, in the wake of the Twelve-Day War.—
David Remnick,
New Yorker,
28 July 2025
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The greatest accusation levied against her is the crime of being an unfeeling mother.—
Kathryn VanArendonk,
Vulture,
11 Aug. 2025
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Then, the men had to walk around as these unfeeling, aggressive, hyper-masculine creatures.—
Maureen Lee Lenker,
EW.com,
28 May 2025
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Even for those in the North who didn’t care a damn for the four million held in brutal bondage, or those who wanted a soft, conciliatory approach, the war began to take on new and moral meaning.—
Jack Sheehan
September 4,
Literary Hub,
4 Sep. 2025
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There is nothing subdued or conciliatory in its account of the brutal transfer of power which comes when a parent is failing and a child assumes command.—
Rebecca Mead,
New Yorker,
3 Sep. 2025
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“Bloodless.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bloodless. Accessed 12 Sep. 2025.
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