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vengeance

[ven-juhns] / ˈvɛn dʒəns /


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What we see isn’t gratuitous government cruelty, chaos or vengeance.

From Salon • May 28, 2026

As a result, unlike what his name would suggest, Unique is a fairly generic loner who dully seeks vengeance.

From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 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

It also was a place with "no sword, no drone, no vengeance, no trivialisation of evil, no unjust profit, but only dignity, understanding and forgiveness."

From Barron's • Apr. 11, 2026

I had thought Ucho was done tormenting me, but he came back with a surprising vengeance.

From "The Ugly One" by Leanne Statland Ellis




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