vindictive

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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

Human Rights Watch called the verdict "cruel and vindictive", as well as an "alarming act of collective punishment".

From Barron's • Feb. 11, 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

Back in October, Judge Waverly Crenshaw ruled that there was a “realistic likelihood” that the government had launched a vindictive prosecution against Abrego Garcia, which would render the criminal charges unconstitutional.

From Slate • Dec. 12, 2025

And yet there was still that uneasy, vindictive churning inside me.

From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu