I. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
blood feud
long-running dispute/battle/debate/feud etc
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She was involved in a long-running legal battle.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
bitter
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The offence was the result of a bitter feud between Black and a Walsall forward.
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The bitter feud between California Gov.
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Sometimes, however, bitter feuds may last for years.
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Small but bitter feuds developed between players.
■ NOUN
blood
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Rangers' supporters replied in kind, and so the blood feud went on and on - and continues to this day.
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I come from a family where blood feuds are not only tolerated, but actively encouraged.
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But they also engaged in blood feuds , which were outlawed under Communist rule.
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There is little middle ground in the ancient blood feud between trial lawyers and the insurance industry.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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He has been accused of letting personal feuds affect his judgement.
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The feud between the Hatfields and the McCoys raged for 20 years.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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After fifteen years he was still pursuing his feud against his master-mason, unwilling to let even his bones rest.
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At large, Billy the Kid moved beyond the confines of the feud to more general shootings and stock thefts.
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In conference sessions throughout the late 1980s, a civilized but spirited feud played out between these two camps.
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That feud is a lot of nonsense.
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The bitter feud between California Gov.
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The game also allowed the long-running feud between Limpar and Derby midfield player Mark Pembridge to continue.
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The offence was the result of a bitter feud between Black and a Walsall forward.
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The referee had earlier issued four warnings and with players involved in their private feuds there was little constructive rugby.
II. verb
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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For example, a committee or board you head is making no progress because members are feuding.
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One teacher said feuding between girls was directly linked to tensions from home.
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The feuding between ministers during the revivals had robbed them of some prestige and had confused people who were looking for stability.
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The coalition, ranging from soft-left to hard-right, has stuck together despite constant feuding.
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The reason for the affray is unclear, though a police spokesman played down any suggestion of feuding between criminal gangs.
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War and isolation have proved an ideal breeding ground for corruption and feuding between rival political clans.
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With this knowledge goes one of the previously existing impediments to ethnic feuding.