bloodiest

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Although ultimately defeated, it was one of the British army’s bloodiest post-World War II conflicts and was a step toward Kenya’s independence, which it secured in 1963.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 23, 2025

But the extremely strained relations between the two sides after nearly four years of Europe's bloodiest conflict since World War II have cast doubt over the prospect of direct Ukraine-Russia talks.

From Barron's • Dec. 21, 2025

This is his Pynchoniad, a zigzagging epic of America and the world through our bloodiest, most shameful hundred years.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 30, 2025

This is not the first time her name has been brought up in connection to the 2021 riots, which are considered one of the bloodiest episodes in post-apartheid South Africa.

From BBC • Jan. 29, 2025

It was the bloodiest one-day battle in US history.

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock