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Recent Examples of bloodshed
After a season packed with surprising twists, bloodshed, and danger, The Waterfront wraps with a dramatic and intense finale.
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Allison Degrushe Published, EW.com, 29 June 2025
Their modus operandi — expanding turf, profit and power via fear and bloodshed — will forever peg Latinos as prone to violence in the minds of too many Americans.
—Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 26 June 2025
The gunfire, the bloodshed, and the body count are brutal, but never surprising.
—Madison Bloom, Pitchfork, 17 July 2025
That context encompasses all Gaza bloodshed, as well as the way claims of antisemitism have come to be weaponized.
—Dennis Harvey, Variety, 15 July 2025
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Allison Degrushe Published, EW.com, 29 June 2025
Their modus operandi — expanding turf, profit and power via fear and bloodshed — will forever peg Latinos as prone to violence in the minds of too many Americans.
—Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 26 June 2025
The gunfire, the bloodshed, and the body count are brutal, but never surprising.
—Madison Bloom, Pitchfork, 17 July 2025
That context encompasses all Gaza bloodshed, as well as the way claims of antisemitism have come to be weaponized.
—Dennis Harvey, Variety, 15 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bloodshed
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Jamison Fisher, 50, has been indicted on three counts of first-degree murder and one count of concealment of a homicidal death in the murder of Trudy Appleby, authorities in Moline, Illinois, said during a news conference on Thursday, Aug. 14.—
Michelle Del Rey,
USA Today,
18 Aug. 2025
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More than a month after the parents’ deaths, deputies issued a warrant for Leman’s arrest on murder charges.—
Mike Stunson,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
18 Aug. 2025
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Whether the Ferriers are on foot or in a car, the director choreographs spectacular carnage around them, a visceral cocktail of alien death rays turning their victims to dust, or city infrastructure being demolished with extreme prejudice.—
Richard Edwards,
Space.com,
29 June 2025
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Championship Sunday at Oakmont Country Club was pure carnage but ended with a magical putt from J.J. Spaun.—
Savannah Leigh Richardson,
MSNBC Newsweek,
16 June 2025
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All Robert has to do is slaughter a few dozen members of the Camorra who are terrorizing the place.—
Tim Grierson,
Vulture,
15 Aug. 2025
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Whether farmers use the high prices as an opportunity to expand their herds or instead seek to profit from selling off cows for slaughter will determine whether the U.S. cattle herd continues to shrink, Nelson wrote.—
Reia Li,
AZCentral.com,
12 Aug. 2025
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Australia has designated Hamas a terrorist entity and Albanese repeated Monday his government's calls for the group to return Israeli hostages held since the Oct. 7, 2023 massacre.—
Bradford Betz,
FOXNews.com,
11 Aug. 2025
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Some Israelis on the left are more aware of this now, but the open wound of both the massacre itself and those twenty live hostages and thirty bodies kept remain obsessions.—
Isaac Chotiner,
New Yorker,
10 Aug. 2025
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Police urge anyone with information about any of the killings to call the TIPS Hotline at 816-474-TIPS (8477).—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
18 Aug. 2025
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The rising number of extrajudicial killings carried out by Haitian police is once more coming under scrutiny, this time by the U.S. State Department.—
Jacqueline Charles,
Miami Herald,
18 Aug. 2025
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Adams, 39, initially was charged with first-degree intentional homicide in connection with the Dec. 6, 2021, slaying of Jose Stanton, a 28-year-old security guard at the Days Inn hotel at North Sixth and West Vine streets.—
Chris Ramirez,
jsonline.com,
15 Aug. 2025
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Gargiulo was extradited to Illinois in September 2024, to stand trial on charges of murder in the Glenview teen’s slaying.—
Kori Rumore,
Chicago Tribune,
14 Aug. 2025
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The woman who was arrested in May after a fatal jet-ski crash at Grapevine Lake has been indicted on a manslaughter charge, attorneys for the victim’s family said Friday.—
Lillie Davidson,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
15 Aug. 2025
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On Wednesday, Gupta’s manslaughter charge was amended to second-degree murder, a higher charge that effectively accuses her of intentionally killing her daughter without premeditation — marking the second time the state attorney’s office has changed her charge.—
Devoun Cetoute,
Miami Herald,
15 Aug. 2025
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The double homicide marks the 13th and 14th killings of the year in Kansas City, Kansas, according to data tracked by The Star, which includes fatal police shootings.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
18 Aug. 2025
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Chicago’s homicide victims in 2025 are often young, Black and male.—
Kori Rumore,
Chicago Tribune,
18 Aug. 2025
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“Bloodshed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bloodshed. Accessed 22 Aug. 2025.
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