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bloodthirsty

[bluhd-thur-stee] / ˈblʌdˌθɜr sti /


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The fictional characters of the Maasverse return this week with “A Court of Splintered Harmony,” the sixth book in the blockbuster series that has unspooled labyrinthine tales of pointy-eared faeries and bloodthirsty monsters since 2015.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 2026

"Everybody thinks we are bloodthirsty and we are going out and killing hundreds of foxes, that is not the case," she added.

From BBC ● May 26, 2026

Ironically, Brooks was sometimes mocked as too moderate by his more bloodthirsty constituents because he opposed premature secession, although he foresaw and supported the eventual breakup of the Union.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 4, 2026

Taylor ferrets out the secret with her bloodthirsty relentlessness and immediately raises pandemonium.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 2025

Finally, it was summer—and they were practically eaten alive by swarms of bloodthirsty Alaska mosquitoes.

From "I Survived the Great Alaska Earthquake, 1964" by Lauren Tarshis


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