grudge
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“I will hold the grudge for the rest of my life,” she says of former Attorney General Pam Bondi.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 18, 2026
The U.S. doesn’t hold a grudge against those who renounce citizenship.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 17, 2026
“She holds a grudge like nobody’s business,” David Farmer, the Maine Democratic strategist and columnist, told me.
From Slate ● Jun. 16, 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
Jason had joked about it, but Percy figured that they both harbored a little grudge.
From "The Mark of Athena" by Rick Riordan
He said he found it a little “odd” and “extreme,” but didn’t think she held grudges, necessarily.
From Slate ● Jun. 16, 2026
In her 2019 memoir, “Where the Light Enters,” Jill contrasts Joe’s capacity for forgiveness with her proclivity toward grudges, how she recalls “every slight committed against the people I love.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 2, 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
She doesn’t understand what use my looking nice would be, me with my grudges and feuds.
From "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black
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
But the Commissioners greatly grudged their decision and protested, even in their majority report, that they had decided against their will.
From Time Magazine Archive
I grudged the months I had spent with her, employed by her, taking her money, trotting in her wake like a shadow, drab and dumb.
From "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier
The strikes have drawn grudging recognition from Russian military analysts.
From Barron's ● Jun. 10, 2026
By the end of World War II, Churchill would admit a grudging respect for Eisenhower.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 5, 2026
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
However, overall global headcount has grown from 43,000 to 45,000 since 2023 and union sources say there is "grudging respect" for Mr Erginbilgic.
From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2025
His muttered "My lord" struck Tyrion as a tad grudging, but he opened the door nonetheless.
From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin
Vocabulary lists containing grudge
"Romeo and Juliet" by William Shakespeare, Act I
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