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Recent Examples of lifeblood
Could scorekeeping be draining the lifeblood of your relationship?
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Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
The escapades of the very hot bi/pansexuals Gael (Tommy Martinez) and Malika (Zuri Adele), who is also polyamorous, really keep the lifeblood of the show circulating.
—Catherine Mhloyi, Them., 15 Sep. 2025
India’s rivers have always served as a lifeblood for the country.
—Bailey Berg, AFAR Media, 9 Sep. 2025
Some of those people, joined by younger tribal members, later initiated the long process of restoring their lifeblood, the Klamath River and its watershed.
—Debra Utacia Krol, USA Today, 2 Sep. 2025
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Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
The escapades of the very hot bi/pansexuals Gael (Tommy Martinez) and Malika (Zuri Adele), who is also polyamorous, really keep the lifeblood of the show circulating.
—Catherine Mhloyi, Them., 15 Sep. 2025
India’s rivers have always served as a lifeblood for the country.
—Bailey Berg, AFAR Media, 9 Sep. 2025
Some of those people, joined by younger tribal members, later initiated the long process of restoring their lifeblood, the Klamath River and its watershed.
—Debra Utacia Krol, USA Today, 2 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for lifeblood
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If he had been convicted on the racketeering charge, Combs could have been given life in prison.—
Edward Segarra,
USA Today,
3 Oct. 2025
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If convicted, the defendants face from 10 years to life in prison.—
Emerson Clarridge,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
3 Oct. 2025
Noun
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So my soul was a little bit crushed to be the one to have to evict her — someone who's kept me safe literally time and time again.—
Dalton Ross,
Entertainment Weekly,
29 Sep. 2025
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But the sense of the poet that Gogo once was is absent here — and Gogo needs to be a soul worth saving.—
Frank Rizzo,
Variety,
29 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Throughout an offseason devoted to expansive training, that spirit was on full display — including during the lively knockout games at Prentiss’ gym.—
Vincent Z. Mercogliano,
New York Times,
1 Oct. 2025
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Wrangler and Filson have come together to create a collection that captures the spirit of the American frontier.—
Angela Velasquez,
Sourcing Journal,
1 Oct. 2025
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And for better or worse, practitioners have always stood at the ready, prepared to intervene when our chakras seemed blocked; when our humors seemed unbalanced; when our meridians surely became constricted; when our orgone levels were all out of whack.—
Ashley Fetters Maloy,
Washington Post,
10 July 2023
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And then there was orgone, discovered, or imagined, by Wilhelm Reich, the Austrian psychoanalyst and fallen Freudian.—
Nick Paumgarten,
The New Yorker,
1 Nov. 2021
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“Lifeblood.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lifeblood. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.
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