grudge

With just five meetings at the World Cup all-time, it doesn’t boast the long history of legendary grudge matches like Yankees vs.

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

Schneider’s videos of the Lego mission and the fallout have generated more than 25 million views—and he said he doesn’t hold a grudge against American Fork.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026

The U.S. doesn’t hold a grudge against those who renounce citizenship.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 17, 2026

She wondered how long a demon could hold a grudge.

From "Aru Shah and the End of Time" by Roshani Chokshi

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

As for Cornyn, perhaps Trump still harbors grudges for various heresies over the years.

From Slate ● Mar. 2, 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

Despite their distance and grudges, all three bands agree to put their differences aside for a special live memorial concert in tribute to Irving.

From Salon ● Feb. 5, 2026

Just because those people had lost their heads at the party, just because they’d gotten mad at each other, didn’t mean I should air their secrets and grudges publicly.

From "From Twinkle, with Love" by Sandhya Menon

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

The people might not have grudged the Czar his splendor, but Rasputin was too much.

From Time Magazine Archive

I grudged the months I had spent with her, employed by her, taking her money, trotting in her wake like a shadow, drab and dumb.

From "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier

The strikes have drawn grudging recognition from Russian military analysts.

From Barron's ● Jun. 10, 2026

But while the earlier work describes a futurist dystopia, “Glyph” takes place in present-day England, where the siblings Petra and Patricia Wild have reconnected after decades of grudging silence.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 22, 2026

I don’t know if the government’s grudging confession of error played a role in the full court’s decision.

From Slate ● Oct. 31, 2025

But there was a sense, a grudging willingness among these Labour voters to give Sir Keir and the government more time.

From BBC ● Jul. 5, 2025

When I asked if he could give me a lift back to town, however, he offered a grudging "I don't see why not."

From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer