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Recent Examples of bloodletting
And although allowing ships through would stanch the immediate bloodletting in the energy sector, other sectors might not spring back so quickly.
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Paddy Hirsch,
NPR,
16 Apr. 2026
But while a Netflix-WB union would have resulted in a bit less money overall being spent on films, Par-WB figures to be a bloodletting.
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Josef Adalian,
Vulture,
27 Feb. 2026
Apple even pushed through a rare round of cuts — though the bloodletting slowed by the end of the year.
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Los Angeles Times,
5 Feb. 2026
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
See All Example Sentences for bloodletting
Paddy Hirsch,
NPR,
16 Apr. 2026
But while a Netflix-WB union would have resulted in a bit less money overall being spent on films, Par-WB figures to be a bloodletting.
—
Josef Adalian,
Vulture,
27 Feb. 2026
Apple even pushed through a rare round of cuts — though the bloodletting slowed by the end of the year.
—
Los Angeles Times,
5 Feb. 2026
Interviewed before Thursday night’s bloodletting, analysts named several wild cards in how the protests—and the regime’s response—might evolve.
—
Roxana Saberi,
Time,
9 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bloodletting
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The most potent reminder of the bloodshed lies in the thousands of people buried under debris.
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The Philadelphia Daily News on June 8, 1976 reported that Rizzo was warning of bloodshed in the streets unless the federal and state government provided troops to patrol the city.
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Prosecutors allege the pistol was used in a 2021 Chicago murder and later in the shooting of a rival gang member.
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Liar, marking a reunion between Seo Hyun-jin and Yoo Yeon-seok as a criminal profiler and a corporate attorney on opposing sides of a murder case tied to a powerful conglomerate, also continues through the month.
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The rigidity and delusions of tyrannies are incorrigible; their purity spirals end in executions, not just cancellations; their adventures end in devastation and slaughter.
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Ruthye needs someone to avenge the slaughter of her family at the hands of Krem of the Yellow Hills.
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These weapons of war are designed to inflict the maximum amount of carnage and destruction and have no place in our communities.
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Those rivalries, bravado and score-settling led to the carnage, Ng argued Monday.
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Years of crippling sanctions have paralysed the economy as accelerating bouts of mass nationwide protests have been put down by security forces with increasing force — culminating in the killing of thousands of demonstrators in January.
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Six other men were also on trial for charges related to the riot, but not for having a role in the killing.
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Athalia’s family returned home a few days after the massacre.
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The issue has been particularly salient for low-income families living near fields of coca, the shrub used to make cocaine, as human rights organizations documented more than 50 massacres in Colombia just this year.
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One person was dead and another hospitalized after a shooting Friday morning in Bay Point, according to the Contra Costa County Sheriff’s Office, and authorities are searching for a suspect in the slaying.
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Polish prosecutors have not attributed the slaying to Moscow and Poland's Internal Security Agency did not immediately reply to a request for comment.
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Cut & Culture is a hands-on culinary journey with an interactive butchery session guided by expert chefs.
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The only person who can stop this butchery is the President of the Russian Federation.
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“Bloodletting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bloodletting. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.
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