vindictiveness
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"There is a sort of public vindictiveness directed against them," one of the three lawyers, Yaël Hayat, said.
From BBC • Jan. 19, 2026
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
So outsource that vindictiveness to a towing company that deals with it all the time.
From Slate • Dec. 27, 2022
But that vindictiveness seems to retreat — or is it deepening? — when Peter returns from school to visit his mother and, against all odds, begins to forge an odd kinship with his former tormenter.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 16, 2021
Which heir was the target of Westing's vindictiveness?
From "The Westing Game" by Ellen Raskin
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