vengeance
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But it has come back with a vengeance, rising more than 21% in May for its best monthly performance since 2001.
From Barron's • Jun. 8, 2026
What we see isn’t gratuitous government cruelty, chaos or vengeance.
From Salon • May 28, 2026
Lee Marvin plays an implacable man out for vengeance in this 1967 thriller, arriving in a 4K restoration, that keeps the audience at a cool remove.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 15, 2026
In Sokolov’s “They Will Kill You,” written with Alex Litvak, that premise is combined with a Tarantino-esque taste for kung fu movies and nonlinear storytelling, as well as a “John Wick”-style quest for vengeance.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026
She had stood outside, at the window, and listened as her mother talked about the difference between vengeance and justice.
From "The Parker Inheritance" by Varian Johnson
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