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bloodstained

[bluhd-steynd] / ˈblʌdˌsteɪnd /


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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

But when, a month after I’d mailed in the bloodstained paper, my microplastics test results arrived, those small efforts suddenly felt meaningless.

From Slate • May 28, 2025

Even as he spoke, the bloodstained grass turned green again and there bloomed forth the wondrous flower that was to make the lad’s name known forever.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton