bitter pill
Americannoun
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That's a bitter pill to swallow for Dr Noor Mohammed, a harried young doctor.
From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026
A move would be a bitter pill for the bank’s chief executive, Sergio Ermotti.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026
It can be a bitter pill to swallow.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 14, 2026
Losing Stewart for longer than that would be a bitter pill for USC to swallow at the start of a highly anticipated season.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026
Given that Russia was at this point at the very vanguard of modernism it was a bitter pill to swallow, and understandably so.
From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall
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