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bile

[bahyl] / baɪl /
NOUN
animus
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NOUN
choler
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NOUN
peevishness
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WEAK
affableness




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Lloyd died on Saturday in Chattanooga, Tenn., from cholangiocarcinoma, a bile duct cancer, according to a statement from Lloyd’s family to the New York Times.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 8, 2026

The bears, which arrived on Thursday, had been kept at one of South Korea's last bear bile farms – sites which have now been banned in the country.

From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2026

So we get to witness the arguments, which unfortunately for the responsible parties—the “org” that attracts bile online and off—seem to portend the struggles to come.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 7, 2026

At the end of last year, South Korea announced it would ban the breeding and possession of bears and the extraction of their bile.

From BBC ● Jun. 29, 2026

This theory, which goes back to the ancient Greeks, declares that health is maintained by a balance of four liquids, or humors, in the body—blood, phlegm, yellow bile, and black bile.

From "Phineas Gage" by John Fleischman

“Put a finger down if simone biles just ended you 🖐🏼,” Lee wrote, referring to a popular TikTok trend.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 2024

Alexander Calder's vivid mo biles were meant to jiggle and gyrate under the leaves, George Rickey's feathery kinetics to stir in the breeze.

From Time Magazine Archive

The consequence was, that these disorders ceased: the biles too which had afflicted the men, were not observed beyond the Sioux river.

From History of the Expedition under the Command of Captains Lewis and Clark, Vol. I. To the Sources of the Missouri, Thence Across the Rocky Mountains and Down the River Columbia to the Pacific Ocean. Performed During the Years 1804-5-6. by Paul Allen

She come to Saratoga for the rheumatiz, and wuz gettin' well fast, and Ezra was gettin' entirely cured of biles, for which he had come, carbunkles.

From Samantha at Saratoga by Marietta Holley

"Not naterally, I said; biles and country roads is enough to make Job and me swear."

From Samantha at the World's Fair by Baron C. de Grimm


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