grudge

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

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 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

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

He added Quailey-Daspher did not know most of her co-defendants, did not know about any grudge match between gangs and was not party to discussions about guns.

From BBC ● Jun. 24, 2026

He had always had this grudge against her.

From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers

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

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

Just because those people had lost their heads at the party, just because they’d gotten mad at each other, didn’t mean I should air their secrets and grudges publicly.

From "From Twinkle, with Love" by Sandhya Menon

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

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

The author cites Roosevelt’s critics prominently, and his own approval is grudging and qualified.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 29, 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

I too appear as something of a stranger in these early memories: watchful and grudging, oddly silent.

From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt