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[bit-er] / ˈbɪt ər /




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Hamilton's position on the front row revives memories of their bitter title battle in 2021, when the seven-time champion was at Mercedes, and whets appetites for the grand prix on Sunday.

From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026

The afternoon began on a bitter note for USC.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 27, 2026

When one happens, the ingredients will combine in a very unpleasant and bitter dish.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 23, 2026

For 20 years, its orange groves have been ravaged by an incurable disease that causes fruit to drop before it is ripe, and leaves it tasting bitter.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 19, 2026

The evening bags really are too heavy for her to carry up the hill, and the wind is bitter, even without the snow.

From "The Light in Hidden Places" by Sharon Cameron

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

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

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

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 4, 2024

Shuttled from one specialist to the next, the girl had been prescribed to shun garlic, consume disproportionate quantities of bitters, meditate, drink green coconut water, and swallow raw duck’s eggs beaten in milk.

From "Interpreter of Maladies" by Jhumpa Lahiri

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

I need a mug of the darkest, bitterest coffee I can find, he thought.

From "Six of Crows" by Leigh Bardugo




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