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blood sport
noun
- any sport involving killing or the shedding of blood, as bullfighting, cockfighting, or hunting.
blood sport
noun
- any sport involving the killing of an animal, esp hunting
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Word History and Origins
Origin of blood sport1
First recorded in 1890–95
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Example Sentences
Blood Sport is filled with big conclusions that are undermined by the known facts.
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“Nutrition science is a blood sport,” Nina Teicholz concluded after nearly a decade observing how science gets done.
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Politics in the first Southern primary state is a blood sport, with no blow considered too low.
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This is the big league, and politics is a blood sport here, a tradition going back hundreds of years.
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For those who see politics as an ideological blood sport, this is a victory—the triumph of cynical experience over hope.
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