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vindictiveness

[vin-dik-tiv-nis] / vɪnˈdɪk tɪv nɪs /


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He extensively quotes both men's social media posts to "get a full sense of the madness," arguing they're both being consumed by their tendencies "to grandiosity, vindictiveness and paranoia."

From Salon • Mar. 13, 2025

Speaking to BBC South East on Friday, Paul Hollywood said: "The vindictiveness from the locals towards the family who have been here 18 years is unforgivable."

From BBC • Aug. 16, 2024

So outsource that vindictiveness to a towing company that deals with it all the time.

From Slate • Dec. 27, 2022

Perhaps framing it this way is what has allowed Louis to write so compassionately about them, with a lack of vindictiveness readers might otherwise find miraculous.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 11, 2022

But they did hold on, and as the war trailed drearily on, vindictiveness toward the stubborn stand of the seceding states grew steadily more bitter in the North.

From "Across Five Aprils" by Irene Hunt




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