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When his Serbian Davis Cup teammate Dusan Lajovic beat Marton Fucsovics of Hungary in a tight five-setter, a Serbian fan immediately tweeted “Dusan Lajovic has avenged his Serbian brother by eliminating Martin Fucsovics.”

From Seattle Times • Jan. 16, 2022

She has avenged herself on her faithless lover, as she tells us in her own history, by laying at his door the child of her maid.

From The Adventurous Simplicissimus being the description of the Life of a Strange vagabond named Melchior Sternfels von Fuchshaim by Grimmelshausen, Hans Jacob Christoph von

Madness has clasped the brain, too feeble to strive against the flesh in revolt, and the latter has avenged itself as the brute avenge itself by the act of a brute.

From The Grip of Desire by France, Hector

Cæsar, at the head of his legions, has avenged the city for the insults of the Celtic invaders, but the strife still continues; Vercingetorix has not yet appeared.

From A Literary History of the English People From the Origins to the Renaissance by Jusserand, Jean Jules

“My voice for the brave who has avenged our chief!” cried one.

From The White Chief A Legend of Northern Mexico by Evans, L.