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
“I had a bad taste in my mouth from that experience,” Boxer said, growing upset while describing her reaction to the video of Porter cursing at her staffer.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 11, 2025
“To China? Didn’t the Japanese once colonize China, leaving a very bad taste in the mouths of the Chinese?”
From "The World Is Flat" by Thomas L. Friedman
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