vengeance
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Losing Catherine to Edgar, the heir of Thrushcross Grange, prompts Heathcliff, the perpetual outsider, to vow vengeance; he maneuvers to gain financial control of both houses with the aim of destroying each one’s inhabitants.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026
The stories frame the all-consuming desire for retaliation as an integral aspect of our mortal lives; no one gets out without hankering for a bit of vengeance.
From Salon • May 19, 2026
“And you will know my call sign is Sandy 1, when I lay my vengeance upon thee.”
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 16, 2026
It also was a place with "no sword, no drone, no vengeance, no trivialisation of evil, no unjust profit, but only dignity, understanding and forgiveness."
From Barron's • Apr. 11, 2026
And its vengeance is not the fire in the cities but the fire in the sky.
From "Between the World and Me" by Ta-Nehisi Coates
Vocabulary lists containing vengeance
Words from "The Avengers"
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Beowulf: A New Telling
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Tolkien Reading Day, List 1
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