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vitriol

[vi-tree-uhl] / ˈvɪ tri əl /


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Elmo followed up with a tongue-in-cheek message on Thursday addressing the vitriol.

From BBC • Jun. 6, 2026

Those are the memories Nereyda says will stay with her more than the vitriol she and her daughter have faced during the past two years.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 1, 2026

"I also want to make it clear Adam hadn't even seen this video, so any vitriol toward him is unwarranted," she said in the ten-minute long video.

From BBC • May 12, 2026

Beijing first let loose a flood of official vitriol at Ms. Takaichi.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026

“You carried oil of vitriol knocking about in a sack? It is infinitely dangerous, my boy.”

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson




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