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

Ashes defeats in Australia usually mean sweeping changes to an England regime and the bloodletting will soon begin.

From BBC • Dec. 20, 2025

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

It was a fair accord, and I suspect that if it had been implemented it would indeed have helped to staunch the bloodletting.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela