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The secretary of the state is not empowered to conduct vendettas. — Bob Nightengale, USA TODAY, "Why a baseball agent is leaving the industry over $33,000: 'Tired of swimming in a sewer'," 3 June 2018 Today’s Democrats speak in hyperbole, ignore good economic news and visible problems, wage vengeful vendettas, appeal to emotion and engage in appeasement and subterfuge to hide their true motives and agenda. — WSJ, "The ‘Character Issue’ Spares Neither Party," 15 Mar. 2019 Wielgus saw it as part of a political vendetta against him — a rival university prompted to do a hit job. — New York Times, "Who’s Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf Scientist?," 5 July 2018 He's furiously denied the allegations, telling his colleagues he's been the victim of a political vendetta. — Manu Raju And Ashley Killough, CNN, "Hispanic Democrats keeping Cárdenas as head of political group despite sexual misconduct allegations," 11 May 2018 President Donald Trump continues to argue that the FBI went easy on Mrs. Clinton while pursuing a vendetta against his campaign and embedding spies within it. — Aruna Viswanatha, WSJ, "Watchdog Report on Justice Department’s Clinton Probe to Be Released June 14," 7 June 2018 Leaders assume responsibility for pivotal decisions, transcend personal vendettas, try all paths to compromise. — Peggy Noonan, WSJ, "How to Find a Good Leader," 1 Nov. 2018 The Black Hood has some weird vendetta against her, forcing her to relinquish her starring role of Carrie in the school musical. — Carolyn Twersky, Seventeen, "Everything That Happened On "Riverdale" Season 2," 8 Oct. 2018 Rather, the Kingpin (Vincent D’Onofrio) will corrupt the FBI special agent, and will manipulate him into aiding him in his vendetta against Daredevil. — Stefan Etienne, The Verge, "Bullseye joins Netflix’s Daredevil for season 3," 6 Oct. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'vendetta.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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