revenge
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Every week, Neeta Bhojwani spends hours binge-watching dramas about wealthy men pretending to be poor and angry ghosts out for revenge.
From BBC • May 1, 2026
None of these reforms would be a silver bullet against revenge prosecutions, but together they would make such abuses far harder to carry out.
From Slate • May 1, 2026
It can cause a marriage to end, unleash a desire for revenge and influence how the divorcing couple’s children think about money as adults.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026
It is reprisal and revenge against a group that had the temerity to oppose hate wherever it originates.
From Salon • Apr. 22, 2026
A bitter Jackson set off for the White House, believing that the vicious attacks on his wife had caused her death and vowing revenge on his political opponents.
From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis
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