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bitter

[bit-er] / ˈbɪt ər /




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Harry stepped back from royal duties in 2020 and later relocated to California with Meghan amid a bitter royal family rift.

From Barron's • Apr. 14, 2026

McIlroy has rarely done anything conventionally in a career packed with as many bitter lows as there have been exhilarating highs.

From BBC • Apr. 10, 2026

And after a bitter three-year strike at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette over wages and healthcare benefits, the family said in January that the paper will cease publication in May.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 5, 2026

We’re talking about an enormous bureaucratic organization with 2,000 years of weird and troubled history, whose massive internal contradictions and bitter factional disputes are only partly visible to outsiders.

From Salon • Apr. 5, 2026

Some of the mechanics, who had been pilots before the war, struggled not to feel bitter about it.

From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein




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