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vengeance

[ven-juhns] / ˈvɛn dʒəns /


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The worries about software stocks—the so-called SaaSpocalypse—returned with a vengeance on Friday, expanding across the tech complex to chips and other hardware plays, as well.

From Barron's • Feb. 28, 2026

He has all the evidence he needs that his team, on their best days, when their sense of outrage and vengeance is high, can be truly outstanding.

From BBC • Feb. 14, 2026

We get a taste of these Machiavels, who have none of the misgivings about vengeance that will plague Hamlet.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 17, 2026

Filmmakers still find a way to focus on the same themes that dominate Nollywood: love, vengeance and treason all make good fodder for the at times over-the-top melodrama Nigerian movies are known for.

From Barron's • Jan. 9, 2026

All that afternoon she directed toward me calculated words that spawned in my mind a horde of invisible demons bent upon exacting vengeance for what I had done.

From "Black Boy" by Richard Wright




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