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Interviewed before Thursday night’s bloodletting, analysts named several wild cards in how the protests—and the regime’s response—might evolve.
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Roxana Saberi, Time, 9 Jan. 2026
That bloodletting resulted in legislation that banned ownership of most automatic and semiautomatic rifles and drastically reduced the number of mass killings in Australia.
—Matt Bradley, NBC news, 16 Dec. 2025
Another way of contextualizing the scale of the bloodletting is the war in Gaza, the bloodiest round of fighting between Israel and Palestinian terrorists since the latter’s war of independence in 1948.
—Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 5 Dec. 2025
This month’s stock market losses won’t be the last of the bloodletting, according to Raymond James.
—Sarah Min, CNBC, 25 Nov. 2025
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Roxana Saberi, Time, 9 Jan. 2026
That bloodletting resulted in legislation that banned ownership of most automatic and semiautomatic rifles and drastically reduced the number of mass killings in Australia.
—Matt Bradley, NBC news, 16 Dec. 2025
Another way of contextualizing the scale of the bloodletting is the war in Gaza, the bloodiest round of fighting between Israel and Palestinian terrorists since the latter’s war of independence in 1948.
—Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 5 Dec. 2025
This month’s stock market losses won’t be the last of the bloodletting, according to Raymond James.
—Sarah Min, CNBC, 25 Nov. 2025
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The bloodshed comes as the NYPD amps up its fight against teen gun violence.—
Nicholas Williams,
New York Daily News,
6 May 2026
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The feed from @CForce3000 carried images of the bloodshed.—
Connor Sheets,
Los Angeles Times,
3 May 2026
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The cruel cartoon of a constantly shrewish, venal, and disloyal Mary began cementing itself in the public mind when William Herndon, Lincoln’s Springfield law partner, started lecturing about his reminiscences within months of the President’s murder.—
Thomas Mallon,
New Yorker,
18 May 2026
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Last week, the South Carolina Supreme Court delivered an account of how Hill’s conduct during the 2023 double-murder trial crossed ethical and constitutional lines, ultimately unraveling the state’s conviction of Murdaugh.—
Sarah Rumpf-Whitten,
FOXNews.com,
17 May 2026
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Back then, the sector focused on drugs that helped cattle and swine survive long enough to make slaughter weight.—
Ross Andersen,
The Atlantic,
2 May 2026
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But Serkis prefers his Trojan horse without the slaughter.—
Clare Mulroy,
USA Today,
28 Apr. 2026
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Israel's place in the contest has become contentious as outrage over the carnage in Gaza, the West Bank, Lebanon and Iran has grown from Rome to Madrid with massive popular protests and European Union politicians mulling new sanctions.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
13 May 2026
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The plot is said to follow eight friends competing for a prize when their annual holiday gift exchange spirals into a cutthroat game of carnage.—
Zac Ntim,
Deadline,
11 May 2026
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Betty never denied the killing, but said she had been driven over the edge by years of physical and psychological abuse at the hands of Dan.—
Christine Pelisek,
PEOPLE,
11 May 2026
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Italy blamed Egypt for Regeni’s killing.—
Alex Greenberger,
ARTnews.com,
11 May 2026
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This article includes graphic and disturbing accounts from the October 7 massacre in Israel.—
Amelie Botbol,
FOXNews.com,
14 May 2026
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But 2026 has marked a new nadir for one of the world’s oldest civilizations, with the government’s massacre of anti-regime protestors in January and widespread destruction from the United States’ and Israel’s intermittent war.—
Andrew Gilbert,
Mercury News,
13 May 2026
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The slaying brought back stark memories of the global outcry over the 2016 murder of Honduran environmentalist Berta Cáceres.—
Marlon González,
Los Angeles Times,
13 May 2026
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On the day of Alejandro’s slaying, Ripley called 911, claiming that two Black men took the boy after running her off the road near a West Kendall Home Depot.—
Grethel Aguila,
Miami Herald,
12 May 2026
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Grab a seat near Tullibee’s open kitchen to watch the staff hard at work on dishes inspired by an in-house butchery program and accented by pickling and fermenting.—
Kristine Hansen,
Travel + Leisure,
4 May 2026
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Amid rising grocery costs, American shoppers are searching for inventive ways to save, like buying meat in bulk and taking on the butchery at home.—
Kelly McCarthy,
ABC News,
6 Mar. 2026
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“Bloodletting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bloodletting. Accessed 19 May. 2026.
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