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Such ruthlessness from Russo in scoring her eighth goal in this season’s Champions League — a record in the women’s game for an English player in one European campaign — gave Arsenal a two-goal cushion heading into the second leg a week today (Wednesday).—
Charlotte Harpur,
New York Times,
25 Mar. 2026 -
The ruthlessness of the producers cutting folk off mid-speech or retracting the microphone and upping the music volume was belittling to those on stage.—
Baz Bamigboye,
Deadline,
16 Mar. 2026
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The line between law enforcement and partisan vindictiveness can also become muddied.—
Benjamin Wallace-Wells,
New Yorker,
1 Dec. 2025
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When circumstances create a realistic likelihood of vindictiveness, the burden shifts to the government to justify its conduct.—
Cassandra Burke Robertson,
The Conversation,
8 Oct. 2025
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In retaliation for a ground invasion, Iran’s Houthi allies in Yemen could attack ships in the Red Sea, halting the flow of oil and cargo via a route that’s been used to bypass the Strait of Hormuz.—
Jason Ma,
Fortune,
30 Mar. 2026
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Iran has targeted vessels trying to make a crossing in retaliation, effectively stalling marine traffic.—
Charlene Gubash,
NBC news,
30 Mar. 2026
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With a new crew, the lightsaber-wielding Zabrak warrior has come to Janix, a planet that has so far been untouched by the Empire's iron fist and aims to take vengeance on those in the underworld who betrayed him while also rebuilding his crime syndicate.—
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
31 Mar. 2026
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This scenario is bad news for anyone who requires their B movies to do more than resemble role-playing video games, and great news for viewers content to simply bask in the glory of Zazie Beetz stabbing, shooting, kicking, cold-cocking, running, jumping, and serving up righteous vengeance in bulk.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
26 Mar. 2026
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Local politicians that previously supported the chorus, either socially or financially, are now fearful of retribution by the governor, Cabrera said.—
Amanda Rosa,
Miami Herald,
1 Apr. 2026
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Resistance, rebellion and retribution all come out to play in one of Disney+’s most consistent series that’s unafraid to put its larger-than-life characters into the maw of Venus fly trap-like set of moral and ethical issues.—
Randy Myers,
Mercury News,
26 Mar. 2026
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The post-liberals stand for cruelty and inanity, but Brooks can’t admit to standing for much of anything at all.—
Becca Rothfeld,
New Yorker,
30 Mar. 2026
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In an era of near continuous cruelty by the administration, the imprisonment of the boy and his father attracted massive media and political attention and eventually saw both released on February 1.—
Dominic Patten,
Deadline,
30 Mar. 2026
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Merrill's home run robbery provided a boost early on, but McGonigle got revenge with a game-winning two-run single in a four-run eighth inning for Detroit en route to a 5-2 victory.—
Ryan Morik,
FOXNews.com,
28 Mar. 2026
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These two teams swept each other on the road during the regular season, but Hicks and the Pios exacted part one of their revenge with a 2-1 overtime victory in the semifinals of this year’s Frozen Faceoff.—
Corey Masisak,
Denver Post,
28 Mar. 2026
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Tarr's reputation for films tinged with misery and hard-heartedness, distinguished by black-and-white cinematography and unusually long sequences, only grew throughout the 1990s and 2000s, particularly after his 1994 film Sátántangó.—
Alina Edwards,
NPR,
6 Jan. 2026
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“Uncharitableness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/uncharitableness. Accessed 2 Apr. 2026.
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