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Kosovo's former president Hashim Thaci, sentenced to 25 years in prison Wednesday for war crimes, has long been seen within the Balkan country as a guerilla hero and symbol of its bloody independence struggle.

From Barron's ● Sep. 16, 2026

Everyone over 35 remembers the bloody civil war of 1997—and those younger grew up in its shadow.

From Slate ● Sep. 8, 2026

Abraham Mofokeng still carries the wounds of the bloody suppression of a protest in South Africa 66 years ago.

From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026

Zach Hadel brings the bloody, madcap nature of the internet to his animated sitcom “Smiling Friends.”

From Salon ● Aug. 30, 2026

“No. We didn’t only talk about that. But...I dunno...it gave me a weird feeling. And his dæmon chewing at her bloody leg...Except he was nice. He bought me some fish and chips.”

From "The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage" by Philip Pullman

Beloved in Italy, it anticipates “Monty Python and the Holy Grail,” though its sense of humor is broader and its budget evidently bigger, with bloodier battles and cinematography that approaches the picturesque.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 14, 2026

Police said the actions of that fourth officer likely spared the city from a bigger, bloodier attack.

From Seattle Times ● Jul. 21, 2023

Their stories are little-known footnotes of Cold War history, but six American GIs provide possible roadmaps for his future — though a COVID-19-era development could be a benchmark for a bloodier outcome.

From Washington Times ● Jul. 19, 2023

Still, just on a surface level this is an alluring film, all about what happens when people bring their carefully constructed online personas into the messier, bloodier real world.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 26, 2023

No bloodier struggle was fought during the Allied offensive in 1917 than here at Bullecourt.

From The Story of the Great War, Volume VI (of VIII) History of the European War from Official Sources by Francis J. (Francis Joseph) Reynolds

The 60-year-old general had come under criticism for the costly defense of Bakhmut, one of the bloodiest battles of the war.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026

It was a key chapter in the road to independence in 1963, and the British response was one of the bloodiest episodes in its colonial history.

From Barron's ● Feb. 14, 2026

One of the bloodiest incidents was the Battle of the Braes on Skye in 1882.

From BBC ● May 22, 2025

Although this may have been the bloodiest incident involving American tourists at the historic monument, it is far from the first.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 6, 2025

From then on, even in the bloodiest periods of the war, the two commanders would arrange truces to exchange prisoners.

From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez

But the outlook for more than one team joining the Wildcats is growing bleaker by the week as the conference bloodies itself.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 12, 2024

And when the pope returns to Rome on Sunday, the country’s woes will remain, both in the violence that bloodies the land and in the treasure buried in the soil.

From New York Times ● Feb. 4, 2023

But in creativity, knocking harder often just bloodies your knuckles.

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 22, 2020

The son of a Yorkshire butcher, Bennett may be wishing against wish for a good honest job that bloodies the hands.

From Time Magazine Archive

He never bloodies his sword but in heat of battle, and had rather save one of his own soldiers than kill ten of his enemies.

From Character Writings of the 17th Century by Various

It survived colonial rule, a bloodied partition, the tumult of independence and Delhi's transformation into a sprawling megacity.

From BBC ● May 25, 2026

The ad featured the iconic photograph of Curran helping a bloodied Trump off the stage in Butler.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 3, 2026

The winner of this primary might have earned little more than a third of the vote, and will enter the fall’s general election bloodied from high-profile slings and arrows from their own side.

From Salon ● Jan. 11, 2026

Her organisation recently carried out a mission to the Bulgaria-Turkey border, where NGOs have documented cases of animals trapped for days or weeks, bringing back footage of bloodied livestock and cows giving birth beside trucks.

From Barron's ● Oct. 14, 2025

Some of the youngsters could not land their feet on the ladders and have pulled themselves up rung by rung on their knees, which are bruised and bloodied.

From "Enrique's Journey" by Sonia Nazario

But she neglected to place them clear of the steps, as we discovered when my husband tripped over them later in the evening while he was taking out the trash, bloodying his knees.

From Salon ● Nov. 22, 2023

You have to applaud Hamrouni, in that moment and others, for literally bloodying the nose of the patriarchy.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 3, 2023

Then at 5-3, while Raducanu was serving for the match, she slid on the court chasing a ball to her backhand side, bloodying her left knee.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 11, 2021

When Fleck attended a Northern Illinois camp as a high schooler, Coach Joe Novak watched him grab every catchable ball, even the ones that meant bloodying his knees or elbows on the turf.

From Washington Post ● Nov. 5, 2019

I heard a roar, which I suppose was me, and then Nataniel was here with us, bloodying a clean white shirt of Anatole’s and an old, soft pagne printed with yellow birds.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver