bloodletting
Example Sentences
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For weeks, it looked like nothing would stop Wall Street’s bloodletting of software companies.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 27, 2026
A 2020 Royal Commission found Gobbo's double life during a period of intense gang bloodletting in Australia's second-biggest city were "fundamental and appalling breaches" of her obligations as counsel to her clients.
From Barron's ● Feb. 5, 2026
But the most worrisome development in all this bloodletting is how Kennedy’s antipathy toward vaccines is playing out.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 4, 2025
Unfortunately — or fortunately, from Emil the goat and Lorne's point of view — he interrupts the bloodletting ceremony.
From Salon ● Mar. 22, 2025
She endured harsh nineteenth-century medical treatments like bloodletting and blistering.
From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock
