grudge

She doesn’t seem to hold a grudge over her boyfriend’s omission, though.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026

Frederick T. Greene, a Journal subscriber since 1983, suggested that college basketball was the true home of the world’s leading grudge match.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026

Another area of inquiry was the idea that the bomber had a grudge against the Port Authority, whose facilities had endured years of threats.

From Slate ● Jul. 7, 2026

He added Quailey-Daspher did not know most of her co-defendants, did not know about any grudge match between gangs and was not party to discussions about guns.

From BBC ● Jun. 24, 2026

Brandeur was difficult as well, clearly helping Hemme carry his grudge.

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss

Traditional martial arts competitions do not revolve around personal grudges or showboating, but testing one’s skill against a worthy opponent.

From Slate ● Jun. 14, 2026

In her 2019 memoir, “Where the Light Enters,” Jill contrasts Joe’s capacity for forgiveness with her proclivity toward grudges, how she recalls “every slight committed against the people I love.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 2, 2026

But he's also very loud and he does bear grudges: he will undoubtedly continue to swing punches at OpenAI and attempt to embarrass it from his social network X.

From BBC ● May 19, 2026

The Olympics that preached harmony finally united in a single city known for love, beauty and grudges.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 22, 2026

She doesn’t understand what use my looking nice would be, me with my grudges and feuds.

From "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black

Already during a visit to United States in 1906, he voiced his esteem for Black Americans struggling to live dignified lives within “a civilization they are grudged and denied.”

From Washington Post ● Nov. 2, 2021

“There will be some grudging specifics about medical personnel in attendance,” grudged Jan Moir in the Daily Mail, “bouncing baby weight and the actual date of birth – then the shutters will slam down.”

From The Guardian ● Apr. 18, 2019

Yet on the balance of play, few could have grudged St Mirren a replay; they harried and hassled Celtic, with Lee Mair passing up a glorious stoppage time chance to claim a draw.

From The Guardian ● Mar. 2, 2013

As age advanced, he grudged the speechmaking demanded of him by his grateful country.

From Time Magazine Archive

As a boy, he often felt as if the lady grudged him every bite.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin

It’s a connection, a Gazan journalist said, that Witkoff also made with Hamas leaders, being in the unlucky “club of parents who have lost children,” and, this person said, it won him their grudging respect.

From Slate ● Jul. 22, 2026

The strikes have drawn grudging recognition from Russian military analysts.

From Barron's ● Jun. 10, 2026

By the end of World War II, Churchill would admit a grudging respect for Eisenhower, recognizing that he had “a great creative, constructive and combining genius.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 5, 2026

A "grudging" acknowledgment that he had handled the UK's response to the Iran war well had been soured by the Lord Mandelson saga, they said.

From BBC ● May 7, 2026

All in all, it was a long-standing and uneasy truce where both sides complained while maintaining a grudging tolerance.

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss