vendetta

Example Sentences

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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

Now he’s a memory that Neil Druckmann, Craig Mazin and fellow writer Halley Gross revisit one more time, and at a point in Ellie’s journey when a vendetta threatens to obliterate her moral compass.

From Salon • May 19, 2025

Sir Philip has previously accused the Telegraph of "pursuing a vendetta" against him and his staff.

From BBC • Apr. 8, 2025

Apparently Adolf Hitler has a vendetta against tobacco, finds it filthy and disgusting, and his military police and their assistants are not meant to smoke at work.

From "Code Name Verity" by Elizabeth Wein