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vendetta

[ven-det-uh] / vɛnˈdɛt ə /


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"No member of parliament with me will use this institution for a personal vendetta", Sonko said, speaking in Wolof.

From Barron's May 26, 2026

It will be more orderly and less chaotic, less driven by impulse and vendetta, more discriminating between allies and adversaries.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 21, 2026

During a fringe event at Labour's party conference this week, Rachel Reeves reportedly joked the government had a vendetta against the peer.

From BBC Oct. 2, 2025

He re-teamed with Pollack in “Jeremiah Johnson,” in which he played a mountain man who becomes the object of a vendetta.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 16, 2025

The colt spent three years plunging around the track in devil-possessed rages and nurturing a vendetta against the hapless assistant starters assigned to hold his head in the doorless starting gate.

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand

It also exposed the AI boom’s underbelly: the grubby sidedeals, financial anxieties, short tempers and personal vendettas that have shaped modern technology every bit as much as the march toward machine consciousness.

From The Wall Street Journal May 16, 2026

Financing statements — meant to record legitimate business liens — are now a vehicle for conspiracy-laced claims, trillion-dollar demands and vendettas against politicians, businesses and public employees.

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 6, 2026

But for him, the priority is mostly about personal vendettas.

From Salon Feb. 3, 2025

Bhutto-Zardari, 35, has vowed to end the personal vendettas that characterize Pakistan’s politics and has also urged for investment in climate resilience as a key to the nation’s survival.

From Seattle Times Feb. 5, 2024

The palace, inside and out, is a monument to the most famous of Corsican vendettas.

From Autobiography of Andrew Dickson White — Volume 2 by Andrew Dickson White




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