bloodthirsty
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"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
That adds extra freight to his reminder that Katrina’s tragedy was entirely manmade — a whirlpool of failed levees, systems and common bloodthirsty inhumanity.
From Salon • Jul. 25, 2025
A rare exception was 1960’s “Little Shop of Horrors,” which starred a bloodthirsty plant that feasted on humans and featured Nicholson in a small but memorable role as a pain-loving dental patient.
From Seattle Times • May 11, 2024
He braced himself for a wave of bloodthirsty spiders, but it never came.
From "Gregor the Overlander" by Suzanne Collins
Vocabulary lists containing bloodthirsty
"The Witches" by Roald Dahl, Chapters 1–5
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