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bloody

[bluhd-ee] / ˈblʌd i /


ADJECTIVE
(used as intensifier)
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Chair of the Bloody Sunday Trust, Tony Doherty, whose father Patrick was among those killed said he was "astounded" the footage had been used.

From BBC • May 1, 2026

“When we bought the ranch, there was only one working water well on it,” Bamberger told a New Yorker writer over lunch in 1991, “and it produced water the color of this Bloody Mary.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 4, 2026

The epilogue is particularly powerful, opening with Crenshaw visiting Selma, Ala., in 2025 for the 60th anniversary of Bloody Sunday.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 30, 2026

“The Bloody Mary, to me, should really be a meal in a glass,” Caporale says.

From Salon • Jan. 18, 2026

But instead, Bloody Juan escorted me down the stairs and outside.

From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez




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