grudge
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If the person describing the city holds a grudge against one neighbourhood, that grudge ends up on the map.
From BBC ● Oct. 25, 2026
She doesn’t seem to hold a grudge over her boyfriend’s omission, though.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026
Our hard drives being full, we can vaguely remember that we had some grudge but not what it was about or who it was against.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026
Another area of inquiry was the idea that the bomber had a grudge against the Port Authority, whose facilities had endured years of threats.
From Slate ● Jul. 7, 2026
He would probably hold a grudge and blame everything that went wrong on me!
From "The Freedom Writers Diary" by The Freedom Writers
Even for a sport built around long-held grudges and territorial animosity, this matchup stands apart.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 19, 2026
"I don't hold any grudges against Henry," said Stacey.
From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2026
“I do not stand here with hatred for a desire for revenge. I hold no grudges against Mr. Jackson,” Smith said in court.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 2, 2026
Traditional martial arts competitions do not revolve around personal grudges or showboating, but testing one’s skill against a worthy opponent.
From Slate ● Jun. 14, 2026
Friends of both races now held grudges against each other.
From "The Freedom Writers Diary" by The Freedom Writers
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
But most of all, she grudged them the comfort they drew from each other.
From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy
The other big thing is that in America we also have a kind of grudging admiration for the P.T.
From Salon ● Oct. 16, 2026
The strikes have drawn grudging recognition from Russian military analysts.
From Barron's ● Jun. 10, 2026
Many Western officials view Yermak with a grudging respect.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 28, 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
By this point, even the most thickheaded and grudging students were being forced to admit that my quick admittance to the Arcanum was something other than a fluke.
From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss
Vocabulary lists containing grudge
"Romeo and Juliet" by William Shakespeare, Act I
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