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Recent Examples of Synonyms for vindictiveness
Noun
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There’s a great tradition in sports of being driven by a fear, or a hatred, of that feeling.—
Louisa Thomas,
New Yorker,
14 July 2025 -
She’s been feeling so much hatred, so much anger, so much sadness, so much disappointment these last few episodes.—
Lynette Rice,
Deadline,
13 July 2025
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Despite that virulence, some forms of plague did ultimately die out.—
Laura Baisas,
Popular Science,
29 May 2025
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While VUMs require more testing to establish their true risks to public health, VOIs are explicitly confirmed to have genetic changes that affect virus characteristics like transmissibility and virulence.—
Jack Knudson,
Discover Magazine,
9 June 2025
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Criticisms against Whitfield The target of much of the parents’ vitriol was Whitfield.—
Matthew Adams,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
17 July 2025
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Also, filter out some of the online vitriol and consider taking to heart some of the… — Joel Berry (@JoelWBerry) July 13, 2025 The statement provoked further backlash from some Christian influencers and commentators.—
Heather Hunter,
The Washington Examiner,
16 July 2025
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McCullers has a real virtuosity for depicting alienation and giving people secret yearnings and personal histories.—
The New Yorker,
New Yorker,
16 July 2025
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All of these factors and their contribution to alienation can foster authoritarian beliefs and individualism.—
Nathan Meyers,
The Conversation,
11 July 2025
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So ubiquitous is this loathing that conservative lawmaker Ahn Cheol-soo recently summoned a lovebug metaphor to criticize liberal President Lee Jae-myung’s latest Cabinet-level hire, a former provincial governor who was convicted for his involvement in a political scandal in 2019.—
Max Kim,
Los Angeles Times,
1 July 2025
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My father’s loathing for the Catholic Church is complete and uncomplicated.—
Hazlitt,
Hazlitt,
11 June 2025
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“Vindictiveness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vindictiveness. Accessed 31 Jul. 2025.
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