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bloodstained

[bluhd-steynd] / ˈblʌdˌsteɪnd /


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The Pope also condemned "an endless cycle of destabilisation and death" in a "bloodstained" region of Cameroon that had been gripped by insurgency for nearly a decade.

From BBC Apr. 18, 2026

Gory giveaway: A replica bloodstained jersey from a baseball great.

From MarketWatch Feb. 11, 2026

Olsen cut the liver into small pieces, offering it with bloodstained fingers to friends and family gathered around the table.

From Barron's Feb. 6, 2026

When the New York Times profiled Ms. Rodríguez as a “moderate,” a backlash erupted: Thousands on X ridiculed the paper for whitewashing her bloodstained record.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 6, 2026

One was an elegant Pentoshi, grey-haired and clad in silk but for his cloak, a ragged thing sewn from dozens of strips of tom, bloodstained cloth.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin




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