bloodiest

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It was a key chapter in the road to independence in 1963, and the British response was one of the bloodiest episodes in its colonial history.

From Barron's • Feb. 14, 2026

The bloodiest crisis in Iran’s recent political history started in a conservative bastion: Tehran’s market area.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 22, 2026

Although this may have been the bloodiest incident involving American tourists at the historic monument, it is far from the first.

From Los Angeles Times • May 6, 2025

This is not the first time her name has been brought up in connection to the 2021 riots, which are considered one of the bloodiest episodes in post-apartheid South Africa.

From BBC • Jan. 29, 2025

Marines had captured the Japanese island of Iwo Jima in some of the bloodiest fighting in the history of the American military.

From "Bomb" by Steve Sheinkin