as in bitterness
biting sharpness of feeling or expression
with considerable bile, the author recounts a childhood filled with misery and loneliness
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Recent Examples of bile
Save for a bit of hair and bile, the former shelter dog’s stomach was largely empty at the time she was found, partially mummified.
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Jami Ganz, New York Daily News, 15 Mar. 2025
The report noted that the dog's stomach was mostly empty except for small amounts of hair and bile.
—CBS News, 15 Mar. 2025
Noting the dog's partial mummification and severe decomposition, the report found that the dog's stomach was mostly empty except for small amounts of hair and bile.
—Mark Davis, Newsweek, 14 Mar. 2025
Advertisement The report noted that the dog's stomach was mostly empty except for small amounts of hair and bile.
—TIME, 14 Mar. 2025
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Jami Ganz, New York Daily News, 15 Mar. 2025
The report noted that the dog's stomach was mostly empty except for small amounts of hair and bile.
—CBS News, 15 Mar. 2025
Noting the dog's partial mummification and severe decomposition, the report found that the dog's stomach was mostly empty except for small amounts of hair and bile.
—Mark Davis, Newsweek, 14 Mar. 2025
Advertisement The report noted that the dog's stomach was mostly empty except for small amounts of hair and bile.
—TIME, 14 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bile
Noun
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When expectant fathers face hostility or subtle exclusion at work, the consequences can extend beyond their own careers.—
Kim Elsesser,
Forbes.com,
21 Apr. 2025
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Questions were raised over Putin’s motives in calling the brief halt to hostilities, which came just after the Trump administration threatened to abandon peace efforts without tangible signs of progress.—
Ivana Kottasová,
CNN Money,
21 Apr. 2025
Noun
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First, because our common narrative framework depends on the past, many people still consider warming through a speculative lens, failing to recognize the severity, and urgency, of superstorms and sea-level rise.—
Heather Hansman,
The Atlantic,
22 Apr. 2025
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Common cold symptoms: Vitamin C can help reduce the duration of the common cold and reduce the severity of its symptoms.—
Sara Hoffman, PharmD,
Verywell Health,
21 Apr. 2025
Noun
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In an online world filled with vitriol, the father of six and grandfather of 15 continues to be a social media influencer who tries to teach where hate can lead with a mix of stories, dancing, and humor.—
Dina Kraft,
Christian Science Monitor,
24 Apr. 2025
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Jey Uso’s unanimous popularity IRL paints an entirely different picture of any social media vitriol, which is always polarizing.—
Alfred Konuwa,
Forbes.com,
19 Apr. 2025
Noun
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This is not someone who is going to kill someone out of malice.—
Maureen Maher,
CBS News,
24 Apr. 2025
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Accusations of ego and malice festered behind the scenes.—
Bennett Durando,
Denver Post,
11 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Fear leads to anger, anger leads to hate, hate leads to …boffo box office!—
Bethy Squires,
Vulture,
27 Apr. 2025
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The focal point of our anger and pain may not even know we are hurt.—
Bryan Robinson,
Forbes.com,
26 Apr. 2025
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In Canada, modest supply management policies keep farmgate and farmer pay prices higher, while disincentivizing the buildout of fast-paced, crowded and large scale production facilities at the heart of avian flu virulence.—
Errol Schweizer,
Forbes,
24 Mar. 2025
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Everything about the movement surprised political observers: its virulence, its magnitude, its provincial origins, its apparent lack of structure and leadership, and its adamant refusal to be co-opted by existing political parties and unions.—
Arthur Goldhammer,
Foreign Affairs,
12 Dec. 2018
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Though interesting to look at, the Portuguese man-of-war’s venom can be deadly to small fish and painful to humans, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.—
Natalie Demaree,
Miami Herald,
11 Apr. 2025
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The venom also contains hemorrhagic toxins which can cause severe internal bleeding and skeletal muscle damage.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes.com,
3 Apr. 2025
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“Bile.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bile. Accessed 1 May. 2025.
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