grudge
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Other times, a sergeant holds a personal grudge, or the officers on your cellblock simply don’t like you.
From Slate ● Aug. 11, 2026
Others insisted that the 129-year-old grudge match between Ohio State and Michigan made them the best of enemies when it comes to sports.
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
Duane’s heart was incapable of holding a grudge.
From "The Very, Very Far North" by Dan Bar-el
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
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
Homer’s “The Odyssey” follows Odysseus, a Greek king trying to get home after the Trojan War, a journey interrupted by Cyclopes, sirens, shipwrecks and gods with grudges.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 1, 2026
“Holding grudges is dangerous for a child of Hades. It is our fatal flaw. You have to forgive. You have to promise me this.”
From "The Battle of the Labyrinth" by Rick Riordan
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
The people might not have grudged the Czar his splendor, but Rasputin was too much.
From Time Magazine Archive
To him it appeared as though his father grudged him his brief training and his natural skills.
From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy
The strikes have drawn grudging recognition from Russian military analysts.
From Barron's ● Jun. 10, 2026
The author cites Roosevelt’s critics prominently, and his own approval is grudging and qualified.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 29, 2025
I don’t know if the government’s grudging confession of error played a role in the full court’s decision.
From Slate ● Oct. 31, 2025
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
I stuck my long-handled brush in the bucket and made a few grudging passes at the thatch, then paused and looked out over the plain of red-tiled roofs below me.
From "The Shakespeare Stealer" by Gary L. Blackwood
Vocabulary lists containing grudge
"Romeo and Juliet" by William Shakespeare, Act I
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