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Recent Examples of vindictive In Vice Principals, that came in the form of Lee Russell, the effeminate, vindictive co-vice of a middle school who is best friend and arch nemesis to McBride’s Neal Gamby. Daniel Dockery, Vulture, 25 Apr. 2024 Which is precisely why Moscow insists on trying to sow poison in Ukraine’s consciousness through sheer vindictive envy. Melik Kaylan, Forbes, 16 Sep. 2024 Observers have found Xi’s anticorruption campaign to be ruthless and often vindictive in its targeting of potential rivals. Branko Milanovic, Foreign Affairs, 11 Sep. 2024 The Aces further maintain that too much time passed between Hamby’s post and allegedly vindictive acts for there to be a causal link. Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 3 Sep. 2019 See all Example Sentences for vindictive 
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Adjective
  • This soaring exploration of generational trauma starts with Star, a survivor of the 1864 Sand Creek Massacre, who’s forced to speak English and practice Christianity by the man who goes on to found the notoriously cruel Carlisle Indian Industrial School.
    Lizz Schumer, People.com, 5 Nov. 2024
  • Calcutta and appeared as Tony Moss, the cruel, toupeed director of the topless dance revue at the Stardust Casino, in Paul Verhoeven’s Showgirls (1995).
    Mike Barnes, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 Nov. 2024
Adjective
  • Apple has since revoked the notarization for the malicious program.
    Michael Kan, PCMAG, 7 Nov. 2024
  • Between the lines: Many cybersecurity tools scan endpoints for signs of malicious intruders trying to get in.
    Sam Sabin, Axios, 29 Oct. 2024
Adjective
  • Tita and her older sisters, the rebellious Gertrudis (Andrea Chaparro) and the stoic Rosaura (Ana Valeria Becerril) are raised by their bitter and vengeful widowed mother, Elena (an intense Irene Azuela).
    Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 3 Nov. 2024
  • Ghosts and vengeful spirits lurk and linger, tempting and prodding our characters toward self-destruction.
    Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 30 Oct. 2024
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  • That forces him to descend the 8,000-foot-and-higher safety zone of the Rocky Mountains, and into the lower-elevation danger zone where vicious monsters roam free.
    John Wenzel, The Denver Post, 14 Nov. 2024
  • Scott, the old pro, knows how to give these scenes a vicious vitality that overcomes any thoughts about how the Romans supposedly got live sharks in the water.
    Alison Willmore, Vulture, 11 Nov. 2024
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  • Eventually, this revengeful streak will result in loneliness and isolation.
    Nicole Froio, refinery29.com, 29 Oct. 2024
  • Artemis was revengeful toward anyone who trespassed in wild nature, and trespassing could mean neglect, like not paying your dues.
    Robert Sullivan, Vogue, 20 June 2023
Adjective
  • The worthwhile parts of Twitter (real-time news, sports, culture, silly memes, spontaneous encounters with celebrity accounts) have been drowned out by hateful garbage.
    Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 5 Nov. 2024
  • The hateful rhetoric has been deployed all the way down the ballot, in Senate races, statehouse contests, and state constitutional amendment campaigns.
    Madison Pauly and Sarah Szilagy, Them, 5 Nov. 2024
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  • The recall’s organizers, who have employed an especially hostile rhetoric toward the mayor, saw the lopsided early margin as confirmation of a likely victory.
    Shomik Mukherjee, The Mercury News, 5 Nov. 2024
  • In the novel, an astrophysicist, as an act of revenge for her father’s murder by Red Guards, chooses to put Earth at risk by sending out a provocative interstellar message to hostile aliens.
    H.M.A. Leow, JSTOR Daily, 5 Nov. 2024
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  • Despite the emotional celebration, the Raptors’ Global Ambassador still had some petty energy to put into the air.
    Armon Sadler, VIBE.com, 4 Nov. 2024
  • There is a long tradition of petty smuggling in the region.
    Ed Caesar, The New Yorker, 4 Nov. 2024

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“Vindictive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vindictive. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.

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