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a series of acts done to harm a disliked person or group
He has had a vendetta against her ever since she beat him out for the promotion. The two politicians had long held a personal vendetta against each other.
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Meanwhile, Commissioner Joe Carollo, famously combative since his first election in 1979, is smarting over a lawsuit accusing him of pursuing a vicious political vendetta against a nightclub owner.
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Susan Merriam, Miami Herald, 8 Jan. 2025
Not someone whose top priority is political vendettas, who believes in deep-state conspiracy thinking, not someone who is as unqualified as Kash Patel.
—NBC News, 5 Jan. 2025
Not the president’s policies—all CIA directors do that—but his political preferences, prejudices, and vendettas.
—Shane Harris, The Atlantic, 3 Jan. 2025
This indicating the killer likely had a vendetta against UnitedHealthcare or the insurance industry, as the words are associated with the industries legal and administrative strategies in managing claims and disputes.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 1 Jan. 2025
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Susan Merriam, Miami Herald, 8 Jan. 2025
Not someone whose top priority is political vendettas, who believes in deep-state conspiracy thinking, not someone who is as unqualified as Kash Patel.
—NBC News, 5 Jan. 2025
Not the president’s policies—all CIA directors do that—but his political preferences, prejudices, and vendettas.
—Shane Harris, The Atlantic, 3 Jan. 2025
This indicating the killer likely had a vendetta against UnitedHealthcare or the insurance industry, as the words are associated with the industries legal and administrative strategies in managing claims and disputes.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 1 Jan. 2025
See all Example Sentences for vendetta
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“Vendetta.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vendetta. Accessed 31 Jan. 2025.
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