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bitterly



ADVERB
scathingly
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But many Californians complain bitterly about the cost of living, squeezed by sky-high housing prices and the most expensive gas in the country.

From Barron's • May 5, 2026

But for the most part they stuck to the indelible hits, each as ingeniously structured — and as bitterly romantic — as the last: “Hard to Explain,” “Someday,” “Last Nite,” “New York City Cops.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 13, 2026

Iran’s foreign minister, Abbas Araghchi, said the U.S. had committed an atrocity—and that America would bitterly regret the precedent it had set.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 10, 2026

And it could get bitterly personal and utterly vile very quickly.

From BBC • Mar. 7, 2026

But Anna wept bitterly for Crocodile Guts and then she, too, fell ill and died.

From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer




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