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vendetta

[ven-det-uh] / vɛnˈdɛt ə /


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"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

Later Roman writers dressed up the Punic Wars as an ancestral vendetta of the Barcids, the family to which Hannibal belonged.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 11, 2026

Erik Charlotte VonSosen opens up about her designing process, drag culture’s influence on her work and her vendetta against Pinterest.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 18, 2025

Betro, a childhood development and graphic design graduate from the US city of West Allis, arrived in the UK in August 2019 to carry out Aslam and Nazir's vendetta.

From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2025

“Do we have to start a vendetta against Rita Skeeter as well?”

From "Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire" by J. K. Rowling

Some believe this was a result of personal vendettas between the factions' leaders.

From BBC ● Jun. 5, 2026

Hoboken’s mayor at the time, Steve Cappiello, blamed interpersonal vendettas rather than developers or landlords.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 8, 2026

Financing statements — meant to record legitimate business liens — are now a vehicle for conspiracy-laced claims, trillion-dollar demands and vendettas against politicians, businesses and public employees.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 6, 2026

But for him, the priority is mostly about personal vendettas.

From Salon ● Feb. 3, 2025

What followed was a capital example of the Maori doctrine of utu, or compensation, the cause of so many wars and vendettas.

From The Long White Cloud by William Pember Reeves




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