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vengeance

[ven-juhns] / ˈvɛn dʒəns /


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Making vengeance look human again is Harris’ great strength.

From Salon • May 19, 2026

In Sokolov’s “They Will Kill You,” written with Alex Litvak, that premise is combined with a Tarantino-esque taste for kung fu movies and nonlinear storytelling, as well as a “John Wick”-style quest for vengeance.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026

Their destruction, he suggests, is not vengeance but good governance.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 5, 2026

The worries about software stocks—the so-called SaaSpocalypse—returned with a vengeance on Friday, expanding across the tech complex to chips and other hardware plays, as well.

From Barron's • Feb. 28, 2026

In the beginning, Inigo had all kinds of wild vengeance notions, but gradually, simplicity had seemed the better way.

From "The Princess Bride" by William Goldman




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