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
This week he called for an end to the bloodletting.
From BBC ● Jan. 17, 2026
Discovery come two days after the Walt Disney Co. implemented a bloodletting across its film and television marketing teams, television publicity, casting and development as well as corporate operations.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 4, 2025
The suit saw this problem and moved into an emergency mode the engineers call "bloodletting."
From "The Martian" by Andy Weir
