revenge
Example Sentences
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While Howe refuted talk of "revenge" after a controversial stoppage-time penalty was awarded against his side on their last visit to the French capital in 2023, the visitors certainly won't need any added motivation.
From BBC
“It used to be just us, me and Norman and Pelicarnassus. But now, it’s all ‘How are we going to take revenge on the lizard?
From Literature
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His other lawyer, Larry Stein, said the actor was being accused as an act of revenge after the children had been terminated from the series, which angered their mother.
From BBC
The complaint also detailed a police interview with Busfield in which he suggested that the boys’ mother might have sought “revenge” on the director for “not bringing her kids back for the final season.”
From Los Angeles Times
They will have their revenge, and with it their second championship in five years.
From Los Angeles Times
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