vendetta

Example Sentences

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Later Roman writers dressed up the Punic Wars as an ancestral vendetta of the Barcids, the family to which Hannibal belonged.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 11, 2026

Erik Charlotte VonSosen opens up about her designing process, drag culture’s influence on her work and her vendetta against Pinterest.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 18, 2025

She said the word vendetta referred to "vengeance, feud and blood feud" and that Reeves' comments had made her and her family feel unsafe.

From BBC • Oct. 2, 2025

I don't think he, like has a personal vendetta, for Puerto Rico.”

From Salon • Mar. 16, 2025

Was he motivated by a promise of immunity, or was it a personal vendetta against Faraday?

From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman