avenge

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

However, Rybakina won five successive games before completing a 6-4 4-6 6-4 victory to avenge her loss to two-time winner Sabalenka in the 2023 final.

From BBC ● Jan. 31, 2026

Fury's two career defeats came in successive bouts against Usyk in 2024 and he has spoken of a desire to avenge those losses this year.

From BBC ● Jan. 28, 2026

It is also a chance for the Broncos to avenge last year's devastating 31-7 playoff loss in Buffalo.

From Barron's ● Jan. 16, 2026

In this way Fenrir will die, and so Vidar will avenge his father.

From "Norse Mythology" by Neil Gaiman

Victory also marked a first over a world number one player for Fritz, 27, and avenges last year's Laver Cup defeat by Alcaraz, which sealed the title for Team Europe.

From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2025

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 1984, audiences had never seen anything like the low-budget epic “New York Ninja,” in which the Taiwanese kung fu performer John Liu directs himself as a high-kicking sound man who avenges his wife’s death.

From New York Times ● Nov. 19, 2021

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

Instead, the expansion Tempo avenged a four-point defeat two days earlier with a 106-96 victory Sunday afternoon at Crypto.com Arena.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 18, 2026

His only blemish remains a draw with Frazer Clarke, a result he emphatically avenged with a first-round stoppage.

From BBC ● May 8, 2026

Mira Costa’s lone setback came Feb. 21 against Corona del Mar in the Redondo Classic final — a loss the Mustangs avenged four days later.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 21, 2026

But the Rockets avenged that loss with a hard-fought victory as the Western Conference rivals faced off again in Denver on Saturday.

From Barron's ● Dec. 21, 2025

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

In the semifinals six days earlier, Loyola upset No. 2 Redondo Union in five sets, avenging a close loss in the Redondo Varsity Classic final on April 18.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 16, 2026

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

The New Zealand-Canadian pair beat American Taylor Townsend and Katerina Siniakova of the Czech Republic 7-5 6-3, avenging their loss in the Wimbledon final.

From BBC ● Nov. 9, 2024

That put the spotlight on the Huskies, and they added to the program’s legacy with a dominant performance while avenging their only loss.

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 2, 2024

It was about avenging him, which, like preparing the dead, must be accomplished in silence and secret.

From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros