bitter

A bitter standoff between tech-backed developers and local county leaders helped doom a $3-billion project at the edge of the Bay Area.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026

Earlier this year, Anthropic co-founder Tom Brown quietly visited the offices of a bitter rival: Elon Musk’s xAI.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2026

In a bitter irony, Poppy had to be delivered by emergency caesarean.

From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026

Because it wasn’t just that his Trojans lost a critical game to a bitter rival, one framed for weeks — months, even — as a must-win.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 30, 2026

Nhamo sucked at the wound and spat out bitter liquid.

From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer

The group said it is also looking to cultural partnerships and activation in the on-premise scene, a strategy that has been central to above-industry growth at smaller peer Campari, maker of bitters Aperol.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026

The group behind Aperol and Campari bitters recorded 2.5% organic sales growth in the quarter through June, with its core aperitifs business booking 4% growth.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026

Caporale offers one recipe: “A green tea Old Fashioned, sweetened with honey and flavored with lemon bitters, is spectacular.”

From Salon ● Jan. 18, 2026

They also offer rosé and a crisp Sauvignon Blanc by the glass, but the frozen concoction with bitters was the perfect antidote for Coachella’s striking afternoon sun.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 16, 2024

Some chocolate had the bitters and you added sugar.

From "Life Is So Good" by George Dawson

His face is bitterer than the cold as Miranda asks him how his apartment hunt is going.

From Salon ● Jul. 23, 2023

That’s a bitter joke, but no bitterer than the tone of the English master’s sweeping historical drama about the slaughter of a group of peaceful labor organizers at a mass protest in 1819.

From Slate ● Dec. 6, 2019

“Information warfare will grow far bitterer, and that’s something we will have to live with during the upcoming period.”

From Washington Times ● Mar. 5, 2018

It’s hard to say which of them produced the bitterer barbs.

From Time ● Sep. 24, 2015

Still, they say the bitterer the medicine the quicker the cure.

From "Angela's Ashes: A Memoir" by Frank McCourt

Some of the regime’s bitterest enemies in Miami became its de facto financial supporters as they sent their grandparents money without which they couldn’t survive.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 8, 2026

To forget the bitterest chapters of our personal histories can be overwhelmingly tempting when there’s so much to deal with, right in front of us.

From Salon ● May 25, 2026

In 2022 the two men ran one of the bitterest Senate races in recent memory.

From Slate ● Nov. 22, 2024

There are probably few people still around who know much about the Rumford Fair Housing Act, which produced arguably the biggest, bitterest brawl ever in California’s Capitol.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2023

Deciding how many of them should be in conference room B at three o’clock had sparked their longest and bitterest debate.

From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix