as in bad blood
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Recent Examples of blood feud
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).
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Greg Braxton, Los Angeles Times, 13 Dec. 2024
This is a dark drama about a pair of Irish families who are shepherds and get into a blood feud over an incident of sheep rustling.
—Scott Phillips, Forbes, 1 Oct. 2024
In the blood feuds and celebrity connections that often make up L.A. politics, Hochman’s immediate predecessor George Gascón suddenly jumped on the Menendez bandwagon in the dying days of his unsuccessful reelection campaign last fall.
—Dominic Patten, Deadline, 11 Mar. 2025
And Jimmy Uso Cody Rhodes and Jimmy Uso seemed to squash their beef dating back to Rhodes’ blood feud with the Bloodline.
—Alfred Konuwa, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2025
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Greg Braxton, Los Angeles Times, 13 Dec. 2024
This is a dark drama about a pair of Irish families who are shepherds and get into a blood feud over an incident of sheep rustling.
—Scott Phillips, Forbes, 1 Oct. 2024
In the blood feuds and celebrity connections that often make up L.A. politics, Hochman’s immediate predecessor George Gascón suddenly jumped on the Menendez bandwagon in the dying days of his unsuccessful reelection campaign last fall.
—Dominic Patten, Deadline, 11 Mar. 2025
And Jimmy Uso Cody Rhodes and Jimmy Uso seemed to squash their beef dating back to Rhodes’ blood feud with the Bloodline.
—Alfred Konuwa, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for blood feud
Noun
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President Donald Trump has declared bad blood with Taylor Swift.—
Jason Pham,
StyleCaster,
16 May 2025
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Though Ancelotti didn’t pick Rivaldo often during their time at AC Milan together in the early 2000s, the ex-forward has always been publicly respectful of the Champions League’s most successful coach while stressing there is no bad blood between them.—
Tom Sanderson,
Forbes.com,
13 May 2025
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In all seriousness, this seems to be a distraction tactic to get people talking about a celebrity feud instead of his efforts to curb nationwide injunctions in an effort to push through an executive order ending birthright citizenship.—
Emily Tannenbaum,
Glamour,
16 May 2025
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Combs has pleaded not guilty to all criminal counts and denies any wrongdoing. Combs and 50 Cent, whose real name is Curtis James Jackson III, have been engaged in a feud since the early 2000s, and Jackson has regularly shared his thoughts on Combs arrest and trial.—
Marni Rose McFall,
MSNBC Newsweek,
15 May 2025
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His Gleason score of 9 (Grade Group 5) places him in the most aggressive risk category.—
Ed O'Keefe,
CBS News,
19 May 2025
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English started his day nearly four hours before the leaders, posting 65, the low score of the final round.—
Justin Ray,
New York Times,
19 May 2025
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No more tolerance of hatred, no more mercy for criminals.—
Sarah Beth Hensley,
ABC News,
28 May 2025
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Antisemitism, hatred and terrorism must be stopped, lest our civilization fall into the abyss.—
Diane Gensler,
Baltimore Sun,
26 May 2025
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The monarch will be hoping to offer support to Canada in the face of Trump's comments, while simultaneously deflecting any animosity from Trump towards the U.K.—
Chloe Mayer,
MSNBC Newsweek,
26 May 2025
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Fights break out in stands after San Diego’s dramatic 2-1 win over the Los Angeles Galaxy The animosity between rival MLS fans at the San Diego-LA Galaxy match Saturday led to wild postgame scenes of fighting that elicited a sizeable police response.—
Theo Lloyd-Hughes,
Chicago Tribune,
25 May 2025
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Despite the public enmity between the two, Newsom reached out to the White House in hopes of working together on the creation of a $7.5-billion federal tax incentive to keep more productions in the U.S. Hollywood insiders have wanted a federal tax incentive program all along.—
Samantha Masunaga,
Los Angeles Times,
6 May 2025
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The stakes of the negotiations couldn't be higher for the two nations closing in on half a century of enmity.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
13 Apr. 2025
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Among adults, infection usually results in symptoms, with jaundice occurring in more than 70% of patients, according to the CDC.—
Rong-Gong Lin II,
Los Angeles Times,
6 May 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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In a wide-ranging interview that spans his childhood dyslexia, career-long antagonism of Donald Trump and navigation of today’s contracting movie business, Lee is alternately funny and introspective, worried and grateful, but always unapologetically himself.—
Rebecca Keegan,
HollywoodReporter,
6 May 2025
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What To Know The exchange was a striking moment of open antagonism in the Oval Office, a space typically reserved for formal diplomacy, especially among U.S. allies.—
Dan Perry,
Newsweek,
28 Feb. 2025
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“Blood feud.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blood%20feud. Accessed 3 Jun. 2025.
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