grudge
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With just five meetings at the World Cup all-time, it doesn’t boast the long history of legendary grudge matches like Yankees vs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026
The U.S. doesn’t hold a grudge against those who renounce citizenship.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 17, 2026
Certainly Dana White realized he could sell more pay-per-views by playing up personal insults and grudge matches.
From Slate ● Jun. 14, 2026
For me that was the turning point, and ever since then it's been a real grudge match - like a new-age derby, almost.
From BBC ● May 22, 2026
“Artemis can wait. This is for the intercontinental title. And it’s a grudge match. Louie ate the Hogman’s pet piggie.”
From "Artemis Fowl" by Eoin Colfer
He said he found it a little “odd” and “extreme,” but didn’t think she held grudges, necessarily.
From Slate ● Jun. 16, 2026
He also answered no when asked if he held "any grudges" against Sir Keir or the government.
From BBC ● May 6, 2026
The Olympics that preached harmony finally united in a single city known for love, beauty and grudges.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 22, 2026
Despite their distance and grudges, all three bands agree to put their differences aside for a special live memorial concert in tribute to Irving.
From Salon ● Feb. 5, 2026
“I don’t believe you. You hold grudges like cheapskates hold money.”
From "On the Come Up" by Angie Thomas
Already during a visit to United States in 1906, he voiced his esteem for Black Americans struggling to live dignified lives within “a civilization they are grudged and denied.”
From Washington Post ● Nov. 2, 2021
“There will be some grudging specifics about medical personnel in attendance,” grudged Jan Moir in the Daily Mail, “bouncing baby weight and the actual date of birth – then the shutters will slam down.”
From The Guardian ● Apr. 18, 2019
Yet on the balance of play, few could have grudged St Mirren a replay; they harried and hassled Celtic, with Lee Mair passing up a glorious stoppage time chance to claim a draw.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 2, 2013
No one ever grudged these small, valet-style acts, but in the past couple of years Secret Service agents have been pressed into performing quite different chores.
From Time Magazine Archive
“You’re a clever, slippery creature, Moon Shadow,” she grudged finally.
From "Dragonwings" by Laurence Yep
It’s a connection, a Gazan journalist said, that Witkoff also made with Hamas leaders, being in the unlucky “club of parents who have lost children,” and, this person said, it won him their grudging respect.
From Slate ● Jul. 22, 2026
The strikes have drawn grudging recognition from Russian military analysts.
From Barron's ● Jun. 10, 2026
Over the years, Busch’s rambunctious ways earned him as many grudging admirers as detractors.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 21, 2026
But there was a sense, a grudging willingness among these Labour voters to give Sir Keir and the government more time.
From BBC ● Jul. 5, 2025
Dimple would never admit it, but she felt a grudging admiration for his kind of no-BS bravery.
From "When Dimple Met Rishi" by Sandhya Menon
Vocabulary lists containing grudge
"Romeo and Juliet" by William Shakespeare, Act I
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