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Recent Examples of blood feud
There's only one way in which this blood feud between Billy Butcher (Karl Urban) and Homelander (Antony Starr) ends.
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Sergio Pereira, Space.com, 2 Jan. 2026
He will always be remembered for igniting the Avs-Red Wings blood feud.
—Troy Renck, Denver Post, 13 Dec. 2025
In classical antiquity, the mountainous region was notorious for bandits; in modern times, blood feuds among clans were rife.
—Literary Hub, 22 Oct. 2025
Surprisingly, though, Sweet Tooth took Stu’s advice to heart and decided to focus on winning the race rather than on his blood feud with Grimm.
—Rafael Motamayor, Vulture, 14 Aug. 2025
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Sergio Pereira, Space.com, 2 Jan. 2026
He will always be remembered for igniting the Avs-Red Wings blood feud.
—Troy Renck, Denver Post, 13 Dec. 2025
In classical antiquity, the mountainous region was notorious for bandits; in modern times, blood feuds among clans were rife.
—Literary Hub, 22 Oct. 2025
Surprisingly, though, Sweet Tooth took Stu’s advice to heart and decided to focus on winning the race rather than on his blood feud with Grimm.
—Rafael Motamayor, Vulture, 14 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for blood feud
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And despite a rocky ending to her time in the Windy City, Reese says there’s no bad blood.—
Amber Harding OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
29 Apr. 2026
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There’s more bad blood within the White House, though.—
Bill Barrow,
Los Angeles Times,
28 Apr. 2026
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Matarrese delves into the history underlying these two women’s longstanding feud and arrives at a tragicomic, inventive meditation on the metaphysical possibility of reconciliation and forgiveness.—
Zac Ntim,
Deadline,
29 Apr. 2026
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Gavin Adcock has seemingly reignited his ongoing feud with Zach Bryan months after nearly getting into a physical altercation with the country singer.—
Christina Dugan Ramirez,
FOXNews.com,
29 Apr. 2026
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The ball slid right underneath his glove, allowing two runs to score, and Semien to end up at second.—
Abbey Mastracco,
New York Daily News,
29 Apr. 2026
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Richter came to the plate in the top of the sixth with one out and the score tied 2-2.—
Tony Baranek,
Chicago Tribune,
29 Apr. 2026
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In the centuries since colonists waged war against the crown, American’s attitudes toward the royals have shifted from hatred to adoration.—
Kathryn Palmer,
USA Today,
29 Apr. 2026
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But the War on Terror persisted and mutated into nightmares in Iraq and Afghanistan, and then Syria, which unleashed that darkness in the form of terrorist states and a refugee crisis that spread anti-Muslim and anti-migrant hatred to Europe, the United States, and beyond.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
29 Apr. 2026
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But what’s most surprising is what’s taking place downwind — thanks to their mutual animosity and assets.—
Gary Baum,
HollywoodReporter,
30 Apr. 2026
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Federal law enforcement also raided 22 businesses in Minnesota on Tuesday, according to Reuters, as the president has zeroed in on the Somali-American community there over claims of fraud and his frequent, vocal animosity towards Somalians, as well as Minnesota Democrats.—
Joseph Konig,
PEOPLE,
29 Apr. 2026
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On the surface, this is a major shift for Beef, whose first season was initially about the enmity between two people involved in a road-rage incident that spun out of control.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
16 Apr. 2026
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An end to the six-week war—and a half century of enmity—was never going to be resolved in a single day.—
Robin Wright,
New Yorker,
13 Apr. 2026
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The trial is delayed after newborn Stella falls ill with jaundice.—
Angie Leventis Lourgos,
Chicago Tribune,
26 Feb. 2026
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Doctors quickly determined that Chris had jaundice and that his kidneys and liver had shut down.—
Erin Clack,
PEOPLE,
9 Jan. 2026
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As ideological blocs collapsed, political scientist Samuel Huntington’s influential 1996 book Clash of Civilizations articulated a growing anxiety that globalization would harden into cultural antagonism rather than consensus.—
Daniel Birnbaum,
Artforum,
2 Apr. 2026
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Yosef’s relationship with his sister, Azraa, hums with the familiar chords of siblinghood — antagonism and refuge intertwined.—
Matthew Carey,
Deadline,
7 Mar. 2026
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“Blood feud.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blood%20feud. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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