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bitter

[bit-er] / ˈbɪt ər /




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Exxon has faced bitter fights over shareholder resolutions in the past.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026

But his policies have triggered bitter upheaval, with workers and Indigenous people taking to the streets in protest.

From Barron's • May 21, 2026

“OUCH. It’s almost painful to consider that these folks are SO bitter that they can’t ever laugh.”

From Salon • May 20, 2026

He is giving you this money out of his own pocket because you are his sister and he understands that you have had to swallow a bitter pill.

From MarketWatch • May 20, 2026

I turned down the next block, whizzing past the cookie-cutter houses painted in one of three shades: bitter brown, sour cream, or sullen yellow.

From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas




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