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

Apple even pushed through a rare round of cuts — though the bloodletting slowed by the end of the year.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 5, 2026

Residents who were exposed to "forever chemicals" in Jersey should be offered treatments such as bloodletting to reduce levels of contamination in their bodies, doctors and scientists have advised the island's government.

From BBC • Apr. 2, 2025

Dr. William Currie completely rejected Rush’s bloodletting and the use of mercury, saying such methods “cannot fail of being certain death.”

From "An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793" by Jim Murphy