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[bit-er] / ˈbɪt ər /




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What better analogy for Coppola and the bitter response to her brilliant, evergreen third film?

From Salon ● Oct. 20, 2026

Eleven reported difficulty detecting specific flavors, particularly sweet, bitter, and umami, the savory taste associated with foods such as mushrooms and broth.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 19, 2026

A Presbyterian seminarian, Talarico has sought to attract independents and Republicans disillusioned with Trump, arguing that Texans have more in common than the country's increasingly bitter political divisions suggest.

From Barron's ● Oct. 19, 2026

The agreement followed a bitter dispute, which focused in part on the streamer's claims the league had not done enough to combat piracy – although subscriber numbers were also understood to be an issue.

From BBC ● Oct. 18, 2026

She pulled a face as she drank the bitter liquid, then smiled as Klenam brought in the steaming soup and Mawuli carried in bowls for all of us.

From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo

The group said it is also looking to cultural partnerships and activation in the on-premise scene, a strategy that has been central to above-industry growth at smaller peer Campari, maker of bitters Aperol.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026

The group behind Aperol and Campari bitters recorded 2.5% organic sales growth in the quarter through June, with its core aperitifs business booking 4% growth.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026

Other ways in which we “close the loop” are through syrups, infusions, shrubs, tinctures and bitters.

From Salon ● Aug. 12, 2024

You can even embrace your inner mixologist by investing in a few non-alcoholic bitters.

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 4, 2024

Some chocolate had the bitters and you added sugar.

From "Life Is So Good" by George Dawson

His face is bitterer than the cold as Miranda asks him how his apartment hunt is going.

From Salon ● Jul. 23, 2023

That’s a bitter joke, but no bitterer than the tone of the English master’s sweeping historical drama about the slaughter of a group of peaceful labor organizers at a mass protest in 1819.

From Slate ● Dec. 6, 2019

“Information warfare will grow far bitterer, and that’s something we will have to live with during the upcoming period.”

From Washington Times ● Mar. 5, 2018

It’s hard to say which of them produced the bitterer barbs.

From Time ● Sep. 24, 2015

But there is one injustice bitterer even than that—to be denied the right to work according to one’s ability.

From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers

Some of the regime’s bitterest enemies in Miami became its de facto financial supporters as they sent their grandparents money without which they couldn’t survive.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 8, 2026

To forget the bitterest chapters of our personal histories can be overwhelmingly tempting when there’s so much to deal with, right in front of us.

From Salon ● May 25, 2026

In 2022 the two men ran one of the bitterest Senate races in recent memory.

From Slate ● Nov. 22, 2024

There are probably few people still around who know much about the Rumford Fair Housing Act, which produced arguably the biggest, bitterest brawl ever in California’s Capitol.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2023

She hated all Trojans, of course; she never forgot the judgment of Paris and she had been Troy’s bitterest enemy during the war, but she felt an especial hatred for Aeneas.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton


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