bittersweet
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“I’m surprised nobody thought of it before you, Mike,” David Scripter told Mr. Graves as he dropped off an order of dozens of cakes from Bittersweet Confections, a bakery started by his wife.
From New York Times • Feb. 12, 2024
The dance track uses the hook from 1997 hit Bittersweet Symphony by The Verve, a track which, ironically, sampled Rolling Stones hit The Last Time.
From BBC • Sep. 1, 2023
Bittersweet goodbyes are a rite of passage on the first day of kindergarten.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 14, 2023
For this pie I use Equal Exchange Bittersweet Chocolate Chips 70% Cacao Content, but any bittersweet chips will do.
From Salon • Oct. 8, 2022
I was led to a seat on a stage set down on about the ten-yard line, with the Blue Ridge section of Levittown—Butternut Road, Balsam Road, Bittersweet Drive—just behind me.
From "Drama High" by Michael Sokolove
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