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noun

rancor

bitterness or resentfulness, especially long-standing

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Six example sentences with rancor, each labelled with its topic.

  • Rancor between the two laboratories lasted thirty years, and neither would cite the other's results even when they agreed.

    Science

  • The rancor between the two guilds outlasted everyone who remembered the original dispute over the river tolls.

    History

  • Old rancor kept the two sculptors from sharing a gallery, though the quarrel began over a studio lease decades earlier.

    Art

  • The rancor between the two parties outlived the budget fight that started it, and no bill passed for a year.

    Politics

  • Rancor between the two franchises dates back to a disputed trade in 1994, and the fans have never forgotten.

    Basketball

  • Old rancor kept the band from reuniting, since the drummer still resented the songwriting credits from 1979.

    Music

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