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Hoboken’s mayor at the time, Steve Cappiello, blamed interpersonal vendettas rather than developers or landlords.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026

Financing statements — meant to record legitimate business liens — are now a vehicle for conspiracy-laced claims, trillion-dollar demands and vendettas against politicians, businesses and public employees.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 6, 2026

If the past is prologue, the danger that press freedom may fall victim to personal vendettas is real.

From Salon • Dec. 15, 2024

Mr Turnbull, who is also area manager at Cleveland Fire Brigade, said personal vendettas and inter-community disputes also play a part.

From BBC • Aug. 18, 2024

Tréville and Neville were representatives of the two sides in that, one of the darkest vendettas known in the traditions of Louisiana.

From Strange True Stories of Louisiana by Cable, George Washington