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vendetta

[ven-det-uh] / vɛnˈdɛt ə /


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I’ve seen Tanden get into a headline-making spat with progressive blogger Matt Bruenig; I’ve even watched her carry on a one-sided vendetta against Susan Sarandon.

From Slate ● Oct. 15, 2026

"No member of parliament with me will use this institution for a personal vendetta", Sonko said, speaking in Wolof.

From Barron's ● May 26, 2026

A vendetta between the billionaire founders of Two Sigma Investments flared up last month, prompting a new leadership battle at their $70 billion hedge-fund firm.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 1, 2026

He re-teamed with Pollack in “Jeremiah Johnson,” in which he played a mountain man who becomes the object of a vendetta.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 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

Some of his extracurricular fixations—personal vendettas, online foolery—could get less attention.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 4, 2026

The list is long, according to police, and vendettas go back a long way in Corsica.

From BBC ● Jan. 17, 2026

Financing statements — meant to record legitimate business liens — are now a vehicle for conspiracy-laced claims, trillion-dollar demands and vendettas against politicians, businesses and public employees.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 6, 2026

So this latest declaration may be yet another of his vendettas.

From Salon ● Dec. 23, 2024

We still have survivals of this primitive code in the Corsican vendettas and Kentucky feuds.

From Problems of Conduct by Durant Drake


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