hard feelings
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Bass, for her part, has downplayed any hard feelings, saying she intends to run on her record — including her collaboration with Raman.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 15, 2026
She replied: "Exactly, and that's a fantastic way to express yourself and also manage really difficult and hard feelings that are sometimes harder to express with words."
From BBC • Jan. 27, 2026
As if to prove there were no hard feelings, Mr. Scorsese cast Mr. Reiner as the dad of Jordan Belfort in “The Wolf of Wall Street.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 15, 2025
But for Helton, there were never any hard feelings.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 5, 2025
To show there were no hard feelings, Frank called Lucy over and patted her on the head.
From "The Missing Mitt (The Hardy Boys: Secret Files, #2)" by Franklin W. Dixon
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