avenge
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On Thursday they have a chance to avenge an Aug. 15 loss to Westlake.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 23, 2026
If the Spurs beat Oklahoma City to advance to the Finals, the Jackals will have a chance to avenge the lowest point of their season.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 27, 2026
Arsenal will now hope to avenge that heartbreak in perfect fashion in Hungary at Puskas Arena.
From BBC ● May 6, 2026
The Patriots got a second chance to avenge their earlier loss to Marquez via penalty kicks when semifinalists Marquez and South East were removed from the playoffs for using an ineligible player.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 26, 2026
His eyes smouldered with anger, but he could not avenge himself: his miserable enemy lay grovelling on the stones whimpering.
From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien
Victory also marked a first over a world number one player for Fritz, 27, and avenges last year's Laver Cup defeat by Alcaraz, which sealed the title for Team Europe.
From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2025
This is the fantastical force that not only avenges Marina’s murder but saves other women.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 13, 2022
He avenges his London 2012 loss to South African rival Chad le Clos with a 200-meter butterfly victory and his 20th career gold.
From Washington Times ● Aug. 8, 2020
It was Season 2 when Renly died, and it’s at the end of Season 5 that Brienne avenges his death.
From New York Times ● Jun. 14, 2015
He was a sort of Bradman, top of the battling avenges.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
Six months later, Taylor returned to the 3Arena and avenged it to become undisputed champion in a second weight division.
From BBC ● Sep. 5, 2026
No, he says, a dutiful son avenged his father.
From Salon ● Sep. 3, 2026
Instead, the expansion Tempo avenged a four-point defeat two days earlier with a 106-96 victory Sunday afternoon at Crypto.com Arena.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 18, 2026
His only blemish remains a draw with Frazer Clarke, a result he emphatically avenged with a first-round stoppage.
From BBC ● May 8, 2026
You shall be avenged in turn; for not one of them but shall minister to your needs.
From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker
When Alexander, not yet 30 years old, crossed the Hindu Kush, his conquest tipped from plunder, expansion and avenging Persian invasions into an epic and increasingly confused fantasy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
After avenging that loss to become a two-weight undisputed champion later that year, Taylor recorded wins over Serrano in November 2024 and July 2025 having already overcome the Puerto Rican in April 2022.
From BBC ● Feb. 25, 2026
Anyone who likes this kind of pulp knows these avenging angel characters are more or less the same: intense, taciturn, minimalist.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 27, 2025
The same, by the way, was true of Nat Turner and John Brown—bloodthirsty monsters for some, avenging angels for others.
From Slate ● Dec. 18, 2024
It was about avenging him, which, like preparing the dead, must be accomplished in silence and secret.
From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros
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