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blood sport

noun

1
: a sport or contest (such as hunting or cockfighting) involving bloodshed
2
: a ruthless or cutthroat competition or conflict
… the blood sport that is political blogging. Massimo Calabresi

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web In Southern California, where street parking can be a blood sport, that’s often impossible. Laura J. Nelson, Los Angeles Times, 7 Sep. 2022 For his new firm, Green represented a group of cockfighting enthusiasts in Puerto Rico who filed suit, claiming Congress did not have the jurisdiction to ban the blood sport on the island territory. Bryan Schott, The Salt Lake Tribune, 24 Aug. 2022 Although females were likely to have mating success in their lives, competition for mates among the males was a winner-take-all blood sport in which male mastodons would likely sire many offspring or none at all. Peter Brannen, The Atlantic, 22 June 2022 Given the importance of self-care, business should not be about the survival of the fittest, and politics should not be a blood sport. Gina Lodge, Forbes, 5 May 2022 Now, the stars and producers behind the global smash are about to face the real-life blood sport that is awards season. Michael Schneider, Variety, 25 Jan. 2022 Think of how social media turns the promise of authentic interpersonal interaction into a dreary, theatrical, moralizing blood sport. Washington Post, 11 Feb. 2022 Now, the stars and producers behind the global smash are about to face the real-life blood sport that is awards season. Michael Schneider, Variety, 25 Jan. 2022 Now, the stars and producers behind the global smash are about to face the real-life blood sport that is awards season. Michael Schneider, Variety, 25 Jan. 2022 See More

Word History

First Known Use

1886, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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The first known use of blood sport was in 1886

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