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bear a grudge against



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Like Adam, she does not bear a grudge against Amazon, but she said the company could pay more attention.

From Washington Post Apr. 8, 2019

Mr. Dees said he did not bear a grudge against the organization he helped power for decades, but that he was saddened that his critics “would go to extreme measures” to undermine his career.

From New York Times Mar. 25, 2019

"The emaciated upper half of these figures was meant to appease the dead mothers or grandmothers who were thought to bear a grudge against the newborn."

From BBC Feb. 18, 2019

Lynch was reportedly irked enough by the homage paid by Alien to the Eraserhead baby to bear a grudge against designer HR Giger.

From The Guardian Mar. 22, 2017

Well, well, I won’t bear a grudge against a man who is coward enough to insult a woman.

From Away in the Wilderness by Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael)




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