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vindictive

[vin-dik-tiv] / vɪnˈdɪk tɪv /


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They have committed the most despicable and vindictive acts against the very people who risked everything for the revolution.

From Barron's • May 21, 2026

We know that Musk can be vain and vindictive.

From Slate • Apr. 30, 2026

All would be lost, however, without Mays’ quicksilver brilliance — the way he can shift from savage irony to vindictive rage to godless despair in the space of a line.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 18, 2026

“Saks launched a vindictive and unlawful scheme to destroy Kwatra’s reputation,” the lawsuit filed Tuesday in Suffolk Superior Court states.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 7, 2026

But of course she was mean and vindictive in a way Grandpa wasn’t.

From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns




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