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Recent Examples of bloody murder
Lucy wakes at exactly 3:33 am every morning, plagued by horrific visions, and her nightmares draw her into the orbit of police detective Ravi Dhillon’s (Nikesh Patel) investigations of a bloody murder and a child’s abduction.
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Matt Kamen, WIRED, 30 Nov. 2024
After a bloody murder sends a high school party into a panic, Winnie ends up saving her brother Jimmy (Aiden Howard) by killing Waters.
—J. Kim Murphy, Variety, 10 Nov. 2023
This one comes with sledgehammer and a penchant for bloody murder.
—Alex Ritman, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 Sep. 2023
What one neighbor described as a typical Friday morning in a small Houston suburb turned into a bloody murder scene over an alleged affair.
—Chris Eberhart, Fox News, 14 Aug. 2023
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Matt Kamen, WIRED, 30 Nov. 2024
After a bloody murder sends a high school party into a panic, Winnie ends up saving her brother Jimmy (Aiden Howard) by killing Waters.
—J. Kim Murphy, Variety, 10 Nov. 2023
This one comes with sledgehammer and a penchant for bloody murder.
—Alex Ritman, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 Sep. 2023
What one neighbor described as a typical Friday morning in a small Houston suburb turned into a bloody murder scene over an alleged affair.
—Chris Eberhart, Fox News, 14 Aug. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bloody murder
Adverb
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The Penguins were down 2-1, but were controlling the majority of play when Rust was blatantly tripped in the corner.—
Josh Yohe,
New York Times,
12 Oct. 2025
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Steve Ellis, a former deputy director of the Bureau of Land Management under the Obama administration, said blatantly partisan political messages have no place on agency websites.—
Kirk Siegler,
NPR,
7 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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But the Juventus coach clearly does pay attention to what is said about him and his team.—
James Horncastle,
New York Times,
23 Oct. 2025
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The Dallas Federal Reserve’s September Energy Survey noted that the energy business activity index, the broadest measure of energy firm conditions, remained clearly in negative territory.—
Jeffrey Sonnenfeld,
Time,
22 Oct. 2025
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One play after a Jalen Hurts fumble — and only three plays into the second half — the Philadelphia Eagles were trailing the Los Angeles Rams 26-7 in their NFC championship game rematch, with an offensive effort that was lustily booed by the home crowd.—
Rohan Nadkarni,
NBC news,
21 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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Anne, too, is quite busy having her baby, noisily.—
Keith Phipps,
Vulture,
25 Sep. 2025
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But what happens when everyone who can noisily quit already has?—
Keren Landman,
The Atlantic,
17 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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India has never confirmed the number and had initially vociferously denied any of its jets were downed.—
Sophia Saifi,
CNN Money,
18 Oct. 2025
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One of Fidel and Raúl Castro’s sisters, Juanita, spent decades vociferously denouncing her brothers from exile in Miami.—
Jon Lee Anderson,
New Yorker,
29 Sep. 2025
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Ghost City Tours said Ryman's spirit would stomp around the room so loudly that spectators would be forced to leave.—
Craig Shoup,
Nashville Tennessean,
21 Oct. 2025
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If the motor hums loudly or constantly, check whether the ductwork is damaged.—
Nafeesah Allen,
Better Homes & Gardens,
20 Oct. 2025
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Shot in Montreal by David Picard, directed by Stefanie Soho, and styled by longtime Aldo collaborator Cary Tauben, the campaign includes moments like a woman walking onto a karaoke stage for a solo number and a young man at first reserved and then boisterously attempting to play the tuba.—
Stephen Garner,
Footwear News,
3 Sep. 2019
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Harris resoundingly rejected this argument.—
Carrie Johnson,
NPR,
17 Sep. 2025
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Those fortunes were made and squandered rapidly—Iran went from bereft during the Iran-Iraq War, to unbeatable two decades later, to resoundingly beaten a little less than two decades after that.—
Graeme Wood,
The Atlantic,
2 Sep. 2025
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“Bloody murder.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bloody%20murder. Accessed 26 Oct. 2025.
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