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vengeance

[ven-juhns] / ˈvɛn dʒəns /


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What we see isn’t gratuitous government cruelty, chaos or vengeance.

From Salon • May 28, 2026

Their destruction, he suggests, is not vengeance but good governance.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 5, 2026

The worries about software stocks—the so-called SaaSpocalypse—returned with a vengeance on Friday, expanding across the tech complex to chips and other hardware plays, as well.

From Barron's • Feb. 28, 2026

What is a rather staid drama about the weight of social expectations on a relationship becomes a dramatically unexpected game of vengeance as Jennifer and Fernando grasp at any power they have over the other.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 27, 2026

I see myself and Hamlet on the mist-shrouded battlements, where an unseen ghost witnessed our embracing, then turned Hamlet’s mind from love to vengeance.

From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein




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