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

He also said it was "staggering" that Netflix had given creative control to 50 Cent, who he described as "a longtime adversary with a personal vendetta".

From BBC • Dec. 2, 2025

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

From Salon • Mar. 16, 2025

However, even with my vendetta against Ambrose, I still had a great deal of time on my hands.

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss