vendetta

Example Sentences

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A vendetta between the billionaire founders of Two Sigma Investments flared up last month, prompting a new leadership battle at their $70 billion hedge-fund firm.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026

He also said it was "staggering" that Netflix had given creative control to 50 Cent, who he described as "a longtime adversary with a personal vendetta".

From BBC • Dec. 2, 2025

He re-teamed with Pollack in “Jeremiah Johnson,” in which he played a mountain man who becomes the object of a vendetta.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 16, 2025

I don’t think he, like has a personal vendetta, for Puerto Rico.”

From Salon • Mar. 16, 2025

Maybe Bastian exacts some final vendetta; maybe Frederick goes looking for his only way out.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr