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

Steven Peters was deployed to Helmand Province in 2009, during a period which became known as the British Army’s bloodiest summer in more than 50 years.

From BBC • Oct. 30, 2024

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