bad taste
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A new vanguard—led by the beer-swilling redneck Stone Cold Steve Austin—would bring the art form into the modern age by embracing bad taste.
From Slate ● Jun. 11, 2026
While we’ve pressed play on our lives, lingering like a bad taste are the things we lost: graduation ceremonies canceled, jobs delayed, friends we didn’t make.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 9, 2026
“It definitely left a very bad taste in our mouth,” she said.
From MarketWatch ● Feb. 19, 2026
However, for Newcastle season ticket holder Adam Stoker, the manner of his subsequent departure "left a bit of a bad taste in people's mouths".
From BBC ● Jan. 30, 2026
Maybe that’d get rid of the bad taste in my mouth.
From "Mississippi Trial, 1955" by Chris Crowe
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