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Recent Examples of bloodless
There is plenty of commentary, even among users of other platforms, about how Threads is bloodless (and owned by Mark Zuckerberg), Mastodon is inscrutable, and Bluesky is humorless.
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Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 23 May 2025
The procedure is quick, simple and, as these things go, relatively bloodless.
—Jeffrey Kluger, TIME, 20 Mar. 2025
As a result, even formerly bloodless technocrats have found new vigor when being picked on by the Trump administration.
—Helen Lewis, The Atlantic, 16 Mar. 2025
Other hallmarks include the evolving tradition of the Bond girl, largely bloodless violence, and more.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 20 Feb. 2025
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Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 23 May 2025
The procedure is quick, simple and, as these things go, relatively bloodless.
—Jeffrey Kluger, TIME, 20 Mar. 2025
As a result, even formerly bloodless technocrats have found new vigor when being picked on by the Trump administration.
—Helen Lewis, The Atlantic, 16 Mar. 2025
Other hallmarks include the evolving tradition of the Bond girl, largely bloodless violence, and more.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 20 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bloodless
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From Hollywood's Golden Age and the '70s catastrophe obsession to today, these films have unearthed every pitiless corner of nature's wrath, from towering tsunamis and viral pandemics to all-out apocalypses and more.—
EW Staff Published,
EW.com,
3 July 2025
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They were born out of a pitiless epidemic, as a poignant yet futile attempt to allow his subjects to live forever on film.—
Chris Wiley,
New Yorker,
28 June 2025
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Online streaming grew to account for 40% of U.S. TV usage – in comparison to cable television sitting at an anemic 27%.—
Jason Davis,
Forbes.com,
27 June 2025
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For stocks, the picture is made worse by anemic demand for French luxury goods from previously high-spending Chinese shoppers.—
Sasha Rogelberg,
Fortune,
18 June 2025
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Out of 11 million undocumented individuals in the U.S., only 6% have criminal records — most for nonviolent offenses like DUI or reentry violations.—
U T Readers,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
2 July 2025
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While serious criminals have been apprehended, a score of nonviolent immigrants have been caught up in immigration raids.—
Billal Rahman
Gabe Whisnant,
MSNBC Newsweek,
2 July 2025
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Cops are still hunting for the heartless moped rider.—
Thomas Tracy,
New York Daily News,
9 July 2025
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An 18-year-old woman was fighting for her life after being thrown off the back of a moped during a Bronx crash early Saturday — a crash her heartless moped driver raced away from, cops said.—
Thomas Tracy,
New York Daily News,
21 June 2025
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More white people claim the credit than Black people certainly.—
Tax Notes Staff,
Forbes,
14 Feb. 2023
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The only racial group that saw a decrease in suicide rates across age cohorts was non-Hispanic white people.—
Ellen Barry,
BostonGlobe.com,
11 Feb. 2023
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Trump’s narrow nationalism does not seem more peaceable than internationalism.—
Daniel Immerwahr,
New Yorker,
16 June 2025
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If anything, the scale of the Second World War and the advent of the atom bomb made the quest for a peaceable international order more urgent than ever.—
Margaret MacMillan,
The Atlantic,
30 Apr. 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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Tabo turns, in his mother’s eyes, into a cold and unfeeling stone.—
Robert Rubsam,
The Atlantic,
24 Mar. 2025
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North Korea hasn't publicly responded to the conciliatory gestures by Trump and Lee.—
arkansasonline.com,
arkansasonline.com,
4 July 2025
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Democratic leaders have come under criticism from within, some for pushing the party too far left, and others for appearing too conciliatory toward Trump, and a number who have felt disillusioned with its agenda have left the party entirely to either identify as independent or as a Republican.—
Mandy Taheri,
MSNBC Newsweek,
20 June 2025
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“Bloodless.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bloodless. Accessed 19 Jul. 2025.
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