sober
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It read: “A Sober Person, well recommended, who hath been us’d to the Employment of an Oysterman on York River, may meet with good Encouragement, on applying to Benjamin Bryan.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 19, 2025
Sober and heartfelt, “Union” lets us see what Amazon and the world would soon discover about the power workers have when they invest in their dignity first.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 25, 2024
I'll be back with more from my Sober Diaries soon but, for now, I'm off to plan my next night out.
From BBC • Mar. 1, 2024
The study reported that participants had taken the pill on 92.5 percent of the days they were supposed to take it, Dr. Stephanie Sober, the U.S. medical liaison for the company.
From New York Times • May 9, 2023
Sober little adults they had appeared on that first day, dressed in fashions much like their parents’.
From "The Witch of Blackbird Pond" by Elizabeth George Speare
Vocabulary lists containing sober
A Raisin in the Sun
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The Things They Carried
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The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
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