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Recent Examples of bloodshed
For the people of Gaza, seeing its soccer team qualify for the World Cup would be a beacon of light in an otherwise harrowing period of war and bloodshed.
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George Ramsay, CNN Money, 5 June 2025
Trump has so far failed to achieve his goal of seeing the bloodshed end.
—Alex Nitzberg , Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 27 May 2025
The flag is split horizontally with the red arched into the blue, signifying the bloodshed of the enslaved and depicting a new horizon.
—Joseph Hernandez, Kansas City Star, 18 June 2025
In a joint statement, Iran’s Nobel laureates Narges Mohammadi and Shirin Ebadi, filmmakers Jafar Panahi and Mohammad Rasoulof, and civil society voices urged world leaders to halt uranium enrichment and end the bloodshed of innocents in Iran and Israel.
—Nazanin Boniadi, Time, 17 June 2025
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George Ramsay, CNN Money, 5 June 2025
Trump has so far failed to achieve his goal of seeing the bloodshed end.
—Alex Nitzberg , Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 27 May 2025
The flag is split horizontally with the red arched into the blue, signifying the bloodshed of the enslaved and depicting a new horizon.
—Joseph Hernandez, Kansas City Star, 18 June 2025
In a joint statement, Iran’s Nobel laureates Narges Mohammadi and Shirin Ebadi, filmmakers Jafar Panahi and Mohammad Rasoulof, and civil society voices urged world leaders to halt uranium enrichment and end the bloodshed of innocents in Iran and Israel.
—Nazanin Boniadi, Time, 17 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bloodshed
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Francisco Javier Sanchez-Juarez, 28, and Jeffrey Josue Diaz, 24, are charged with first-degree murder and conspiracy to commit first-degree murder in connection to the incident.—
Racquel Bazos,
Baltimore Sun,
1 July 2025
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Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office homicide detectives, who took over the case from Florida City police, booked Fisher into Metro West Detention Center on a second-degree murder charge.—
David Goodhue,
Miami Herald,
1 July 2025
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In the end, yield-chasing retail investors absorbed much of the carnage.—
Roomy Khan,
Forbes.com,
30 June 2025
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But close to daybreak, a German warplane bombed the chateau, leaving a crater in the earth and a trail of carnage.—
Amy Sohn,
Smithsonian Magazine,
27 June 2025
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They were all robbed, of very little money, and in three instances, their homes were set ablaze to hide evidence of the slaughter that had taken place inside, authorities said.—
KC Baker,
People.com,
20 June 2025
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Sequences of compliant sheep, moving to their mechanized slaughter, sometimes cut to scenes of streetwise children, repurposing rubble for games.—
Doreen St. Félix,
New Yorker,
14 June 2025
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The massacre of the people of Gaza continues unabated.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
27 June 2025
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As early as the 1970s, Jordan’s crushing of Palestinian guerrillas prompted the emergence of the Black September organization and the Munich Olympic massacre of Israeli athletes.—
HUSSEIN AGHA,
Foreign Affairs,
23 June 2025
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The university released a statement thanking law enforcement and expressing sympathies to people affected by the killings, but did not comment on Kohberger himself beyond confirming his enrollment.—
Sally Krutzig,
Idaho Statesman,
1 July 2025
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The shocking quadruple killings shook the families and the small college town of Moscow to the core while police launched a massive manhunt for a suspect.—
Kayna Whitworth,
ABC News,
1 July 2025
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Also killed in the June 26, 1994 slayings: Sharon Anderson and Marie Rogers, both 25-year-old women who were guests in Sucharski’s home.—
Grethel Aguila,
Miami Herald,
26 June 2025
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The manhunt for Travis Decker, a 32-year-old U.S. Army veteran wanted in connection with the brutal slayings of his daughters, who were found dead earlier this month, entered just over two weeks on Tuesday, June 17.—
Natalie Neysa Alund,
USA Today,
18 June 2025
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The suspect, who investigators did not identify, is expected to be arrested on suspicion of vehicular manslaughter and two allegations of driving under the influence, Price said.—
Caleb Lunetta,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
30 June 2025
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On June 18, a jury found Karen Read not guilty of second-degree murder and manslaughter charges Wednesday in the 2022 death of her Boston police officer boyfriend, John O’Keefe.—
Etan Vlessing,
HollywoodReporter,
27 June 2025
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After news of the homicides spread nationally, Johnson and Alandt left town to ensure their own safety.—
Kevin Fixler,
Idaho Statesman,
1 July 2025
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Anyone with information can contact state police’s homicide unit at 443-233-0989.—
Racquel Bazos,
Baltimore Sun,
1 July 2025
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“Bloodshed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bloodshed. Accessed 8 Jul. 2025.
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