revenge
Example Sentences
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The Lakers built much of their March success on successful revenge performances.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026
"No one is above the law... This is not revenge against anyone, just the beginning of justice," he wrote.
From BBC • Mar. 27, 2026
“I was so entrenched in why women commit acts of crime,” Alloway said, adding that she was disappointed to find that revenge films on the subject still often revolved around men.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 25, 2026
Two years later, though, Jospin won a revenge of sorts when the cocky Chirac called an early general election, expecting his right-wing RPR party -- forerunner of Nicolas Sarkozy's Republicans -- to win easily.
From Barron's • Mar. 23, 2026
Despite having been trapped in her own webbing, smashed by a car, and plunged into Tartarus, the spider lady had gotten her revenge.
From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
