harbor a grudge
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Several courts had ruled against the lawsuit, but Mr. Ramos continued to harbor a grudge on his Twitter page.
From Washington Times • Jun. 28, 2018
They harbor a grudge against the Jakarta government, which for years has refused to allow the Amboinese to secede from the Indonesian Republic.
From Time Magazine Archive
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It was foolish, he realized, to harbor a grudge toward this river.
From "Abel's Island" by William Steig
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Slow to anger and slow to calm down, the subjects of Taurus will harbor a grudge and will be hard to reconcile.
From The Scrap Book, Volume 1, No. 3 May 1906 by Various
She was frankness, almost loquacity itself,—a girl who could no more keep a secret than she could harbor a grudge.
From A Tame Surrender, A Story of The Chicago Strike by King, Charles