blood-soaked
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In Nick Groom’s collection, blood-soaked tales from John William Polidori, Sheridan Le Fanu, Edgar Allan Poe and many others display the 19th century’s long love affair with the charismatic undead.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026
Sam writes that it’s a brilliant, funny, and blood-soaked manifesto on how to love people who have less-than-perfect politics.
From Slate ● Aug. 7, 2026
Days after winning her first Golden Globe, Moore scored her first individual SAG Awards nomination for her lead turn in “The Substance,” Coralie Fargeat’s blood-soaked fable about fear and self-loathing in Hollywood.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 8, 2025
The peaceful rural village of Repton in Derbyshire is thought to have witnessed a pivotal blood-soaked moment in British history - and an expert says it deserves national recognition.
From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2024
She is unable to speak, to allow the nurses to help exchange her blood-soaked gown for a fresh one.
From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri
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