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The phrase "a bitter memory" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a recollection that evokes feelings of sadness, regret, or resentment.
Example: "The anniversary of her departure always brings back a bitter memory that lingers in my heart."
Alternatives: "a painful recollection" or "a sour remembrance."
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It was a painful experience, La Russa said, a bitter memory even now.
Instead, Pedro will go back to Lawrence, Mass., with no medals and a bitter memory.
The yes campaign repeatedly conjured up the Iraq war as a bitter memory of Westminster injustice.
The Bush Administration's behavior, so many aspects of it, is a bitter memory — -and a present reality — -for millions, and not just in the Middle East.
More than 3,000 leftists were killed or disappeared, leaving a bitter memory that had kept conservatives out of power ever since.
The Saudis were influenced by a bitter memory from the mid-1980s, when declining global demand had led to a similar oil glut.
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For death penalty abolitionists, however, the promise of Furman must seem a distant, bitter memory.
China has a particularly bitter memory of the Kosovo bombing campaign because its embassy in Belgrade was struck by a missile.
And the war, which claimed over 1,000 lives, remains a vivid and bitter memory.
Juca Kfouri, a columnist, said the bitter memory of the semi-final had not yet become easier to accept but it had not resulted in any major change.
The taste of bile echoes in my throat like the bitter memory of a playground bully.
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