grudge

She doesn’t seem to hold a grudge over her boyfriend’s omission, though.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026

It was typical of the star's ability to radiate cheery goodwill that she never held a grudge against Wagoner, always crediting him with giving her a crucial career break, even after their relationship fell apart.

From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026

Other times, a sergeant holds a personal grudge, or the officers on your cellblock simply don’t like you.

From Slate ● Aug. 11, 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

Harry, who had no grudge against Krum, shook hands; then, feeling that it would be prudent to remove Krum from Ron’s vicinity, offered to show him his seat.

From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling

In a vision statement, Nusseibeh pledged “speaking frankly with every government and answering to none. There will be no exemptions for friends and no grudges against critics.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026

"I don't hold any grudges against Henry," said Stacey.

From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2026

As for Cornyn, perhaps Trump still harbors grudges for various heresies over the years.

From Slate ● Mar. 2, 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

Dating left a trail, secrets and whispers and grudges.

From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny

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

I don't think," he once said, "that my men in Italy grudged me a caravan.

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 other big thing is that in America we also have a kind of grudging admiration for the P.T.

From Salon ● Oct. 16, 2026

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

In the grudging light that passed for day he put the boy in the leaves and sat studying the woods.

From "The Road" by Cormac McCarthy