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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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Hobbs has an untold vendetta against the fat cats who run the company, and Quinn, the firm’s only female manager, is consistently getting passed up for promotions that go to inferior men.
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Eddie Mouradian, Vulture, 24 Feb. 2025
Sullivan seems to have a real vendetta against us lawful gun owners and lawful gun shops.
—Dp Opinion, The Denver Post, 19 Feb. 2025
As a private citizen who has been the subject of SEC enforcement—and as someone with an outspoken personal vendetta against the agency and its mission—Mr. Musk's involvement in any decisions regarding the future of the agency is highly inappropriate.
—Matt Robison, Newsweek, 18 Feb. 2025
There's a real sense the city is going out of control and that local prosecutors haven't done their part on that front, but that many of them sought what many Americans see as political vendettas.
—ABC News, 5 Jan. 2025
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Eddie Mouradian, Vulture, 24 Feb. 2025
Sullivan seems to have a real vendetta against us lawful gun owners and lawful gun shops.
—Dp Opinion, The Denver Post, 19 Feb. 2025
As a private citizen who has been the subject of SEC enforcement—and as someone with an outspoken personal vendetta against the agency and its mission—Mr. Musk's involvement in any decisions regarding the future of the agency is highly inappropriate.
—Matt Robison, Newsweek, 18 Feb. 2025
There's a real sense the city is going out of control and that local prosecutors haven't done their part on that front, but that many of them sought what many Americans see as political vendettas.
—ABC News, 5 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 23 Mar. 2025.
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