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harbor a grudge



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Several courts had ruled against the lawsuit, but Mr. Ramos continued to harbor a grudge on his Twitter page.

From Washington Times Jun. 28, 2018

They harbor a grudge against the Jakarta government, which for years has refused to allow the Amboinese to secede from the Indonesian Republic.

From Time Magazine Archive

It was foolish, he realized, to harbor a grudge toward this river.

From "Abel's Island" by William Steig

Checkers' sunny nature was not one to harbor a grudge, and if Arthur still felt rebellious, he managed to hide it gracefully.

From Checkers A Hard-luck Story by Blossom, Henry M.

Slow to anger and slow to calm down, the subjects of Taurus will harbor a grudge and will be hard to reconcile.

From The Scrap Book, Volume 1, No. 3 May 1906 by Various




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