bloody

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With cemeteries inaccessible during Sudan’s bloody civil war, residents of Khartoum resorted to burying their dead in just about any spare plot of land.

From Los Angeles Times • May 24, 2026

For Putin, the visit comes amid a bloody stalemate in the war.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 20, 2026

George H. W. Bush's February 1989 visit was overshadowed by growing calls for democratic reform in China that would culminate in massive protests and a bloody crackdown later that year.

From Barron's • May 15, 2026

Those from north of Paris and south of Brussels did the digging, ploughing, assembling and many of them the fighting, on these fields which saw such bloody battles.

From BBC • Apr. 13, 2026

From the two booths were sold drinks and bloody brown hamburgers and cotton candy.

From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers