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vendetta

noun

Definition of vendetta

as in feud

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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Recent Examples of vendetta Shilo, by the way, later went on his Twitch stream and further explained his riff, accusing Mary of caping up for Deshaun Watson and having some personal vendetta against Shedeur. — Zach Dean Outkick, FOXNews.com, 30 Apr. 2026 Ironically, on the 2001 episode, the F1 star plays Will Colbert, a former classmate who had a vendetta against Aniston's character, Rachel, back in high school. — Zoey Lyttle, PEOPLE, 25 May 2026 Among other allegations, Betty Broderick was suspected of conducting a longtime vendetta against the couple, including ramming her car into the two-story brick home on Cypress Avenue. — Jeff McDonald, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 May 2026 Chadwick, who left Forest Hill in 2019 under contentious circumstances, has said the Morrison YMCA deal is not over a personal vendetta. — Charlotte Observer, 27 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for vendetta

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That’s reigniting age-old feuds about production quotas that already led the United Arab Emirates, one of OPEC’s most significant members, to leave the group in April.

— David Goldman, CNN Money, 6 July 2026
In Tip Toe, Manchester gay bar owner Leo Struthers (Alan Cumming) and electrician neighbor Clive Goss’ (David Morrissey) feud takes a deadly turn when online conspiracy theories and anti-LGBTQ rhetoric come into play.

— Glenn Garner, Deadline, 4 July 2026

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Herzog won a power struggle in the front office, then quit anyway, amid disputes with ownership.

— Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 6 July 2026
The court was established in 2001 and began functioning four years later as both an international court to settle disputes among Caribbean countries and as a final court of appeal.

— Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 6 July 2026

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