vindictiveness
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However, it would help prevent petty vindictiveness from ruling when lives are at stake.
From Salon • Dec. 30, 2025
Speaking to BBC South East on Friday, Paul Hollywood said: "The vindictiveness from the locals towards the family who have been here 18 years is unforgivable."
From BBC • Aug. 16, 2024
“It is not prosecutorial vindictiveness to continue a case after a deal has been rejected,” McCrae writes.
From Seattle Times • Aug. 28, 2023
So outsource that vindictiveness to a towing company that deals with it all the time.
From Slate • Dec. 27, 2022
Which heir was the target of Westing's vindictiveness?
From "The Westing Game" by Ellen Raskin
Vocabulary lists containing vindictiveness
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