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Recent Examples of Synonyms for vengefulness
Noun
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This is not someone who is going to kill someone out of malice.—
Maureen Maher,
CBS News,
24 Apr. 2025 -
These steps are particularly important when installing extensions or apps from Google, given the much higher incidence of malice being reported over the past decade from its offerings.—
Dan Goodin,
ArsTechnica,
11 Apr. 2025
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At others, there are undertones of malevolence, potential violence.—
Deborah Treisman,
The New Yorker,
16 Mar. 2025
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Or in the case of Polanski’s, of the Hey-nothing-personal malevolence of late-model capitalism?—
Jim Shepard,
New York Times,
12 Feb. 2025
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Here’s Why The teenager asked Reddit readers for their perspective on her feelings of jealousy.—
Erica Gerald Mason,
People.com,
19 Apr. 2025
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Step Two: Identify the feeling Material jealousy often appears in toddlerhood.—
Jenna Autuori-Dedic,
Parents,
11 Apr. 2025
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Oddity Tech — The beauty and tech retailer popped 16% after increasing its outlook in spite of tariffs.—
Hakyung Kim,
CNBC,
30 Apr. 2025
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Eight percent of those folks report coming into our units from unsheltered homelessness, usually in spite of having full-time employment.—
Anne Field,
Forbes.com,
29 Apr. 2025
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In Canada, modest supply management policies keep farmgate and farmer pay prices higher, while disincentivizing the buildout of fast-paced, crowded and large scale production facilities at the heart of avian flu virulence.—
Errol Schweizer,
Forbes,
24 Mar. 2025
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Everything about the movement surprised political observers: its virulence, its magnitude, its provincial origins, its apparent lack of structure and leadership, and its adamant refusal to be co-opted by existing political parties and unions.—
Arthur Goldhammer,
Foreign Affairs,
12 Dec. 2018
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In Ukraine, memories of Russia’s annexation are fresh and resentments run high, leaving the country’s president few choices on the latest American peace plan.—
Maria Varenikova Brendan Hoffman Luke Broadwater David E. Sanger,
New York Times,
25 Apr. 2025
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Yet, rather than letting resentment dictate the narrative, there are ways to turn this difficult relationship into a source of professional growth.—
Benjamin Laker,
Forbes.com,
24 Apr. 2025
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Follow the steps below to make a flower bed that will be the envy of the neighborhood.—
Rita Pelczar,
Better Homes & Gardens,
30 Apr. 2025
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The public-private partnerships that catalyzed and sustain New York’s rooftop and community solar programs are the envy of the nation.—
Noah Ginsburg,
New York Daily News,
23 Apr. 2025
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Though interesting to look at, the Portuguese man-of-war’s venom can be deadly to small fish and painful to humans, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.—
Natalie Demaree,
Miami Herald,
11 Apr. 2025
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The venom also contains hemorrhagic toxins which can cause severe internal bleeding and skeletal muscle damage.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes.com,
3 Apr. 2025
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