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[bil-yuhs] / ˈbɪl jəs /








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Mr. McMullan is an effective antidote to the more bilious goings on—the acting is much more flamboyant in the Atticus story than in Susan’s, which is less entertaining than distracting.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026

What he actually wrote was “dogs bark it, asses and mules bray it, and bilious bipeds whistle it.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 12, 2024

None of the works, by the way, resemble “Open Casket,” the photograph-based painting of Emmett Till that jettisoned Schutz into bilious controversy in 2017.

From New York Times ● Nov. 23, 2023

But her rhetoric can be just as bilious, if not more so.

From Washington Post ● Sep. 27, 2022

“A bilious complaint is caused by bile,” she says, eyes closed, thinking aloud.

From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin


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