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Recent Examples of blood feud
And Jimmy Uso Cody Rhodes and Jimmy Uso seemed to squash their beef dating back to Rhodes’ blood feud with the Bloodline.
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Alfred Konuwa, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2025
Under the weight of immense responsibility both as protectors of New York and unwilling participants in a blood feud with the Foot Clan, the turtles were portrayed as teenagers forced to grow up too fast.
—Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 31 Dec. 2024
Fans are now bracing for Sunday’s grand finale, which is likely to feature the last round of the blood feud between Beth Dutton (Kelly Reilly) and her brother Jamie (Wes Bentley).
—Greg Braxton, Los Angeles Times, 13 Dec. 2024
In Chechnya, blood feuds are a traditional custom of extracting revenge by killing an enemy or his male relatives.
—Reuters, NBC News, 10 Oct. 2024
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Alfred Konuwa, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2025
Under the weight of immense responsibility both as protectors of New York and unwilling participants in a blood feud with the Foot Clan, the turtles were portrayed as teenagers forced to grow up too fast.
—Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 31 Dec. 2024
Fans are now bracing for Sunday’s grand finale, which is likely to feature the last round of the blood feud between Beth Dutton (Kelly Reilly) and her brother Jamie (Wes Bentley).
—Greg Braxton, Los Angeles Times, 13 Dec. 2024
In Chechnya, blood feuds are a traditional custom of extracting revenge by killing an enemy or his male relatives.
—Reuters, NBC News, 10 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for blood feud
Noun
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It's been a long, long time that there's been bad blood between Elton John and Madonna.—
Brendan Morrow,
USA Today,
8 Apr. 2025
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There was a lot of bad blood when Green Day opened for Blink-182 on a 2002 summer tour.—
Andy Greene,
Rolling Stone,
7 Apr. 2025
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Musk and top Trump adviser feud over tariffs: 'Dumber than a sack of bricks' A 10% tariff on all U.S. trading partners went into effect on Saturday.—
Bill Hutchinson,
ABC News,
9 Apr. 2025
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The roots of the Murray-Dreyfuss feud, unbelievably, go all the way back to the May 13, 1978, episode of Saturday Night Live, which Dreyfuss hosted just weeks after winning a Best Actor Oscar for The Goodbye Girl.—
Andy Greene,
Rolling Stone,
9 Apr. 2025
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The score that stopped me in my tracks, however − and sent me into mild panic − was my UV damage result.—
Charles Trepany,
USA Today,
14 Apr. 2025
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But, with the score at 2-0, the Cubs offense came alive in the seventh, putting up five runs, followed by four in the eighth and then five again in the ninth.—
Jamie Barton,
CNN Money,
13 Apr. 2025
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That ecstatic communal experience is a glorious moment of freedom for oppressed people, most of them living hand-to-mouth in an environment of hatred and exploitation.—
David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
10 Apr. 2025
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In fact, her personal hatred of gripping challenges even served as her Survivor hot take below.—
Dalton Ross,
EW.com,
10 Apr. 2025
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The animosity between the rival factions — one backing President Salva Kiir and another backing his deputy Riek Machar — has threatened to upheave the already shaky 2018 peace deal after dozens were killed following Machar’s recent arrest late last month, according to the outlet.—
Sean Neumann,
People.com,
7 Apr. 2025
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Duke may be one of the most celebrated programs in college basketball, but that admiration comes with just as much animosity.—
John W. Dean,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 Apr. 2025
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Meet hate with love, and enmity with kindness.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
8 Mar. 2025
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However, enmity certainly looked like the consensus − public − wisdom on Russia during the Biden administration.—
Kim Hjelmgaard,
USA TODAY,
15 Feb. 2025
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Signs of liver injury can include abdominal pain, dark-colored urine, and jaundice.—
Lindsay Curtis,
Verywell Health,
4 Apr. 2025
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The longer-term physical consequences of abusing alcohol — liver damage, jaundice, and cancer — have long been impossible to ignore.—
Dylan Scott,
Vox,
14 Mar. 2025
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There’s still no ceasefire over the physical remains of the Houston Oilers, now the Titans, and the ongoing feud is defined by petty antagonism and proxy wars.—
Brooks Kubena,
New York Times,
28 Mar. 2025
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But to get up and running, Valley Link needs more state and regional funding, especially considering the Trump administration’s antagonism toward environmentally friendly projects.—
Jerry McNerney,
The Mercury News,
12 Mar. 2025
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“Blood feud.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blood%20feud. Accessed 17 Apr. 2025.
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