hard feelings

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Bass, for her part, has downplayed any hard feelings, saying she intends to run on her record — including her collaboration with Raman.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 15, 2026

She replied: "Exactly, and that's a fantastic way to express yourself and also manage really difficult and hard feelings that are sometimes harder to express with words."

From BBC • Jan. 27, 2026

As if to prove there were no hard feelings, Mr. Scorsese cast Mr. Reiner as the dad of Jordan Belfort in “The Wolf of Wall Street.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 15, 2025

She says she has "absolutely no hard feelings" towards the donor but says it was unacceptable she was given sperm that "wasn't clean, that wasn't safe, that carried a risk".

From BBC • Dec. 10, 2025

If I do run into him again, I’m thinking he shouldn’t have any hard feelings.

From "Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet" by Joanne Proulx