bad taste
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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
Haste plus waste, made for very bad taste.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 30, 2025
Unferth stared at his own flesh with a bad taste in his mouth.
From "Beowulf: A New Telling" by Robert Nye
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