avenge

Over a wheezing harmonica and lightly strummed guitar, the title character sets out on a journey to avenge the death of her father.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026

Holloway was looking to avenge his defeat by McGregor when they first met in 2013 and takes his record to 28 wins in 37 fights.

From BBC ● Jul. 12, 2026

Morocco will be without key player Ismael Saibari as they try to avenge their defeat by France in the semi-finals of the 2022 World Cup.

From BBC ● Jul. 9, 2026

South Carolina is trying to avenge last season’s championship loss to UConn and secure its fourth national championship in program history and the third in five years.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 22, 2026

Tallmadge eagerly went to work, perhaps because he wanted to avenge the death of his friend Nathan Hale.

From "George Washington, Spymaster" by Thomas B. Allen

There’s also the typical trend where, in matchups this tight, the results often even out, meaning Miami avenges that 2022 loss.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2023

In beating Usman, Birmingham's Edwards avenges his defeat in 2015 and ends the 35-year-old's 15-fight unbeaten streak in the UFC.

From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2022

Like the otherworldly hero he is, Anielewicz “raises his hand, ignites the fire, hurls thunderbolts, avenges hate, washes away sorrow, touches the sky, changes history, saves the world!”

From New York Times ● Jul. 1, 2022

He avenges his London 2012 loss to South African rival Chad le Clos with a 200-meter butterfly victory and his 20th career gold.

From Washington Times ● Aug. 8, 2020

He was a sort of Bradman, top of the battling avenges.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White

They avenged last season's loss to the Los Angeles Dodgers in the National League Championship Series by sweeping the two-time defending champions.

From BBC ● Oct. 29, 2026

Three of the quartet were captain's picks, with the 22-year-old Woad the only debut automatic qualifier for the team that avenged defeat in Virginia two years ago.

From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2026

Hernández avenged his ill-fated inside-the-park home run attempt — he was thrown out at the plate on an aggressive send two innings earlier — with a well-struck RBI single.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026

No, he says, a dutiful son avenged his father.

From Salon ● Sep. 3, 2026

When Locri was destroyed by one of his legates, the Locrians were not avenged by him, nor was the arrogance of that legate corrected, all this arising from his easygoing nature.

From "The Prince" by Niccolò Machiavelli

Next, the roles were reversed: Senegalese wrestlers put on traditional burlap shorts to try their hand at Swiss wrestling, with the Swiss avenging their earlier defeat.

From Barron's ● Nov. 2, 2026

When Alexander, not yet 30 years old, crossed the Hindu Kush, his conquest tipped from plunder, expansion and avenging Persian invasions into an epic and increasingly confused fantasy.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

Anyone who likes this kind of pulp knows these avenging angel characters are more or less the same: intense, taciturn, minimalist.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 27, 2025

The same, by the way, was true of Nat Turner and John Brown—bloodthirsty monsters for some, avenging angels for others.

From Slate ● Dec. 18, 2024

Both as a means of avenging him and of preventing other such deaths . . . yes, and of attracting lost members back into the ranks.

From "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison