avenge

Over a wheezing harmonica and lightly strummed guitar, the title character sets out on a journey to avenge the death of her father.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026

However, Rybakina won five successive games before completing a 6-4 4-6 6-4 victory to avenge her loss to two-time winner Sabalenka in the 2023 final.

From BBC ● Jan. 31, 2026

Sabalenka, a two-time Australian Open champion, is bidding to reach her fourth straight Melbourne final and avenge a shock defeat last year to Madison Keys.

From Barron's ● Jan. 25, 2026

All you needed to see was Friday night in Georgia, where the Hoosiers made foie gras from a fifth-ranked Ducks team vowing to avenge a regular season loss.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 10, 2026

Jon did not want to risk Ser Malegom or Ser Brus or any of the queen’s other knights trying to avenge him.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin

Victory also marked a first over a world number one player for Fritz, 27, and avenges last year's Laver Cup defeat by Alcaraz, which sealed the title for Team Europe.

From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2025

The Americans are tuning up for a World Cup that, they hope, avenges the disappointment of four years ago.

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 7, 2023

This is the fantastical force that not only avenges Marina’s murder but saves other women.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 13, 2022

In 1984, audiences had never seen anything like the low-budget epic “New York Ninja,” in which the Taiwanese kung fu performer John Liu directs himself as a high-kicking sound man who avenges his wife’s death.

From New York Times ● Nov. 19, 2021

He was a sort of Bradman, top of the battling avenges.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White

Instead, the expansion Tempo avenged a four-point defeat two days earlier with a 106-96 victory Sunday afternoon at Crypto.com Arena.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 18, 2026

It avenged that loss in four sets April 20 to earn the top seed.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 16, 2026

His only blemish remains a draw with Frazer Clarke, a result he emphatically avenged with a first-round stoppage.

From BBC ● May 8, 2026

Flamengo's win avenged their 2-1 defeat to Palmeiras in the 2021 Libertadores final and leaves the famous Rio de Janeiro club firmly on course for a hat-trick of trophies in 2025.

From Barron's ● Nov. 29, 2025

You shall be avenged in turn; for not one of them but shall minister to your needs.

From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker

The Highlanders ran the ball again and again in a 50-16 victory over North Hollywood on Thursday night, avenging a loss to the Huskies in last year’s City Section playoffs.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 22, 2025

The same, by the way, was true of Nat Turner and John Brown—bloodthirsty monsters for some, avenging angels for others.

From Slate ● Dec. 18, 2024

That put the spotlight on the Huskies, and they added to the program’s legacy with a dominant performance while avenging their only loss.

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 2, 2024

Taylor moved up to light-welterweight after beating Serrano, suffering her first ever loss to Chantelle Cameron in May 2023 before avenging the defeat last November.

From BBC ● Apr. 16, 2024

The avenging mouse swung the sword up high; a million lights flashed from its deadly blade as it struck.

From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques