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
This occurs because bile builds up in the blood, which contains a yellow waste substance called bilirubin.
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Brittany Risher, SELF, 6 Dec. 2024
Extra body weight can increase cholesterol levels in bile and lead to gallstone formation.
—Lindsay Curtis, Health, 28 Nov. 2024
Trump’s vitriolic bile claiming Kamala Harris will destroy Israel is absolutely indefensible on several levels.
—Michael Isaacson, Sun Sentinel, 28 Oct. 2024
The body cannot break down fatty foods when bile does not function effectively.
—Jay N. Yepuri, Health, 27 Oct. 2024
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Brittany Risher, SELF, 6 Dec. 2024
Extra body weight can increase cholesterol levels in bile and lead to gallstone formation.
—Lindsay Curtis, Health, 28 Nov. 2024
Trump’s vitriolic bile claiming Kamala Harris will destroy Israel is absolutely indefensible on several levels.
—Michael Isaacson, Sun Sentinel, 28 Oct. 2024
The body cannot break down fatty foods when bile does not function effectively.
—Jay N. Yepuri, Health, 27 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bile
Noun
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For example, shrinking the size and scope of government is a goal which could help the country, but reducing or trimming government programs for almost any constituency would be fraught with hostility and political costs.—
Frank Lavin,
Forbes,
18 Jan. 2025
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Just more than 100 were released in late November 2023 during a pause in hostilities, in exchange for 240 Palestinian prisoners.—
Keir Simmons,
NBC News,
15 Jan. 2025
Noun
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The European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) noted a post-2020 increase in both the frequency and severity of such incidents, although specific links to alcohol consumption remain unclear.—
John Mac Ghlionn,
Newsweek,
14 Jan. 2025
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Despite security threats increasing in volume and severity, a 2024 World Economic Forum report found that only 15% of organizations expect cyber skills and education to significantly ramp up by 2026.—
Todd Moore,
Forbes,
13 Jan. 2025
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Catch up quick: The MAGA-DOGE skirmishes started last Sunday, with anti-immigration and anti-Indian vitriol against Trump's pick of venture capitalist Sriram Krishnan as his AI advisor.—
Axios,
Axios,
28 Dec. 2024
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Mihalek said the problem is compounded by online discourse, which can add more vitriol to people's frustrations.—
Ivan Pereira,
ABC News,
23 Dec. 2024
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The jury in the trial, heard in a Bay County, Fla., court, will be asked to determine whether CNN journalists acted with actual malice, which is defined as the publication of false information with reckless disregard of the truth.—
Stephen Battaglio,
Los Angeles Times,
7 Jan. 2025
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Some of the rebels were jihadists (more on that in a moment), but Assad directed his malice universally—and, if anything, more violently toward non-jihadists, whose only demand was freedom from Assad and his cronies.—
Graeme Wood,
The Atlantic,
9 Dec. 2024
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At the same time, stay calm and don’t rise to meet their anger with your anger.—
Jenny McCoy,
Glamour,
10 Jan. 2025
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And last year, employee anger over losing their pensions was at the heart of negotiations between Boeing and its machinist workers.—
Dan Doonan,
Forbes,
9 Jan. 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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An ePPP is a pathogen that has been modified to enhance its transmissibility and virulence.—
Siladitya Ray,
Forbes,
27 Nov. 2024
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Snake venoms are made up of many different toxins mixed together.—
Lauren Leffer,
Popular Science,
15 Jan. 2025
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Snake venoms typically contain a wide variety of toxins, and these experiments only targeted two of them.—
Ars Technica,
Ars Technica,
15 Jan. 2025
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“Bile.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bile. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.
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