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bitterly



ADVERB
scathingly
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Australia's then prime minister Malcolm Turnbull said the affair "bitterly disappointed the whole nation" and there was intense media attention on Smith as he left South Africa and on his return to Australia.

From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026

Watching her go, Tyler bitterly concludes that, “Chana was wrong about everything, except for him.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026

“They didn’t even need to break into the strongroom,” Al-Abideen said bitterly, looking at a heavy metal door secured with multiple bolts.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026

Far below Europa's bitterly cold exterior, a global ocean may remain liquid because Jupiter's immense gravitational pull repeatedly stretches and compresses the moon.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 29, 2026

Ares, really a bully at heart and unable to bear what he brought upon unnumbered multitudes of men, fled up to Zeus in Olympus and complained bitterly of Athena’s violence.

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




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