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bitter

[bit-er] / ˈbɪt ər /




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So Carol’s bitter fury feels distinct from her friendly personality as well as anything we’ve ever seen her do onscreen.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 6, 2026

The closeness of the race only underscores one of El-Sayed’s challenges going ahead: reuniting a fractured party after a bitter primary campaign.

From Slate Aug. 5, 2026

"It's better than sitting at home feeling bitter," he said.

From Barron's Aug. 2, 2026

The studio's survival is paramount to many of the artists, especially given New Bell's bitter environment.

From BBC Jul. 26, 2026

She explains that the other patients at Tala are understandably bitter, apathetic, and emotionally and spiritually broken.

From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly

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

Caporale’s go-to base when crafting an Aperol Spritz mocktail is a “good dash” of cocktail bitters, specifically Angostura bitters.

From Salon Jan. 18, 2026

Caporale offers one recipe: “A green tea Old Fashioned, sweetened with honey and flavored with lemon bitters, is spectacular.”

From Salon Jan. 18, 2026

They also offer rosé and a crisp Sauvignon Blanc by the glass, but the frozen concoction with bitters was the perfect antidote for Coachella’s striking afternoon sun.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 16, 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

Still, they say the bitterer the medicine the quicker the cure.

From "Angela's Ashes: A Memoir" by Frank McCourt

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

The movie’s bitterest irony is that, of the two men, it’s ultimately Dee who may be more honorable.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 24, 2026

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

From Slate Nov. 22, 2024

Deciding how many of them should be in conference room B at three o’clock had sparked their longest and bitterest debate.

From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix




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