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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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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bloodletting
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In an emotional news conference Monday, city and state officials condemned the bloodshed and called on community members to advocate for victims of domestic violence.—
Ryan Chandler,
NBC news,
20 Apr. 2026
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Hours after the bloodshed, tour guide Marco Pavone, 47, brought a group of Italian tourists to Grand Central to look at the iconic subway station.—
Rocco Parascandola,
New York Daily News,
11 Apr. 2026
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Paul Casteleiro, John Kogut's former defense attorney, fears that Bilodeau's lawyers will put the blame on the three men who were cleared of the murder two decades ago.—
Mary Murphy,
CBS News,
26 Apr. 2026
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Four people were wounded early Sunday in a shooting at a troubled Queens nightclub with a history of violence and murder.—
John Annese,
New York Daily News,
26 Apr. 2026
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The bill would require employers of more than 500 people in the livestock slaughter industry to provide reasonable access to restrooms.—
Dillon Thomas,
CBS News,
15 Apr. 2026
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Each contract is for 40,000 pounds of live cattle, typically about 30 to 35 head of finished, slaughter-ready cattle.—
Alex Harring,
CNBC,
15 Apr. 2026
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Trial takes place in downtown Sacramento just blocks from the carnage.—
Sacbee.com,
Sacbee.com,
21 Apr. 2026
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Their handiwork was on display in the lobby’s Museum of Bizarre Diskasters, an exhibition of silicon carnage.—
Julian Lucas,
New Yorker,
20 Apr. 2026
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Inspired by the espionage novel by Dan Fesperman, Safe Houses is set in the aftermath of the killing of a high-ranking CIA officer in Madrid.—
Matt Grobar,
Deadline,
20 Apr. 2026
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D4vd has been charged with first-degree murder with special circumstances in the killing of 14-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez, the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office announced Monday, April 20.—
Jon Blistein,
Rolling Stone,
20 Apr. 2026
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Sunday’s massacre in Shreveport marks the deadliest mass shooting in the United States in more than two years.—
Chelsea Bailey,
CNN Money,
22 Apr. 2026
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The acquisition came after Jones was found guilty multiple times of defaming the families of the children killed in the Sandy Hook shooting, after repeatedly describing the massacre as a hoax.—
Rolling Stone,
Rolling Stone,
22 Apr. 2026
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Davis had everything to live for at the time of his shock slaying.—
Rocco Parascandola,
New York Daily News,
21 Apr. 2026
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In a unanimous verdict, a three-judge panel in Denpasar District Court convicted Heather Mack and boyfriend Tommy Schaefer in the slaying of Sheila von Wiese-Mack.—
Kori Rumore,
Chicago Tribune,
21 Apr. 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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Vespaio was one of the first restaurants in the region to engage in whole animal butchery and even kept its own herb garden on the property.—
Matthew Odam,
Austin American Statesman,
27 Feb. 2026
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“Bloodletting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bloodletting. Accessed 28 Apr. 2026.
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