vendetta
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Wu called the lawsuit a "machine reaction, not a personal vendetta".
From BBC ● Jun. 1, 2026
"No member of parliament with me will use this institution for a personal vendetta", Sonko said, speaking in Wolof.
From Barron's ● May 26, 2026
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 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
Apparently Adolf Hitler has a vendetta against tobacco, finds it filthy and disgusting, and his military police and their assistants are not meant to smoke at work.
From "Code Name Verity" by Elizabeth Wein
Feldstein Soto has also been accused of mismanaging her office and using the city’s prosecutorial powers for personal vendettas in multiple lawsuits, allegations she has repeatedly denied.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 5, 2026
The list is long, according to police, and vendettas go back a long way in Corsica.
From BBC ● Jan. 17, 2026
Regardless, the series picks up steam, propulsion and speed once a viewer gets past the establishment of all the characters and their vendettas.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 31, 2025
But for him, the priority is mostly about personal vendettas.
From Salon ● Feb. 3, 2025
The girls in the shop, where she was a power second only to Ezra Brunt, were a little afraid of her, 126 chiefly because she poured terrible scorn on their small affectations, jealousies, and vendettas.
From Tales of the Five Towns by Arnold Bennett
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