bittersweet
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The boys’ bittersweet final performance took place at New York’s Copacabana on July 25, 1956.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 25, 2026
It is a bittersweet end but part of the season, the book suggests with a good-natured shrug.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026
To many Singaporeans, Dear You is a bittersweet journey into their own past, told in a tongue that has crossed the seas and entered a new era.
From BBC ● Jun. 25, 2026
Every four years, soccer fans around the globe go berserk over the World Cup, but in host cities like Los Angeles, the worldwide spectacle feels bittersweet and financially out of reach.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 8, 2026
Like Washington, he saw Jay’s Treaty as a shrewd if bittersweet bargain designed to postpone war with England for perhaps a generation.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
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