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[sawrs, sohrs] / sɔrs, soʊrs /


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A source told People that Harry and Meghan have established a schedule centered around their children’s school hours, while continuing to prioritize spending time together as a family.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 12, 2026

One likely source of such funding: the industry.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 12, 2026

A source told the paper that SAS forces feel "permanently and constantly scrutinised, without reprieve" amid an ongoing Afghanistan inquiry into the elite unit.

From BBC ● Nov. 12, 2026

Two members of France's elite Republican Guard collapsed almost simultaneously outside the Elysee Palace as President Emmanuel Macron welcomed his Slovak counterpart, according to televised images and a presidential source.

From Barron's ● Nov. 12, 2026

It glowed and ebbed and seemed to fill too much space to be a regular light source.

From "Woodsong" by Gary Paulsen

“The court recognized that confidential sources are the ‘lifeblood’ of investigative reporting and that dragnet demands from technology companies to reveal those sources violate the law.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 12, 2026

There, Woodward learned the business, cultivated sources, uncovered scoops, and wrote them in stories, some of which were picked up in the Post, which hired him a year later—nine months before the Watergate break-in.

From Slate ● Nov. 12, 2026

However, other United sources defend the recruitment strategy, claiming it easy to be wise after the event and at the end of last season, Kobbie Mainoo was their only orthodox midfield option.

From BBC ● Nov. 12, 2026

Against this backdrop, first-time buyers are getting help from a variety of sources ranging from inheritances to their employers.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 11, 2026

From French arsenals and other sources Beaumarchais got more than 200 cannon, 25,000 guns, 200,000 pounds of powder, about 20 brass mortars, and shoes, clothing, and tents for 25,000 men.

From "George Washington, Spymaster" by Thomas B. Allen

She said it is difficult to estimate how many Welsh dairy farmers contribute to the supply of school milk, but it could be sourced from right across Wales.

From BBC ● Nov. 8, 2026

The team behind BlueChip will build the vast majority of the computer using materials sourced from the U.S. and allies, and plans to eventually use exclusively American-made components.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2026

“Fans will find products at our retail locations that were designed, sourced and made in Los Angeles,” Peter Zeytoonjian, LA28’s senior vice president of consumer products, said in a statement.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2026

She had to wait 22 months before she got a face-to-face appointment with a private specialist she sourced herself after her British Athletics funding ended.

From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2026

Our world requires that decisions be sourced and footnoted, and if we say how we feel, we must also be prepared to elaborate on why we feel that way.

From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell

To ensure sustainable operations, "our data centre facilities must deploy a combination of advanced engineering, efficient architectural designs, and renewable energy sourcing," it said.

From Barron's ● Nov. 8, 2026

The United States also has made sourcing rare earths and improving its energy mix key parts of its foreign policy.

From Barron's ● Oct. 17, 2026

Others are: joint business development between Gland Pharma and subsidiary Cenexi; the Indian pharmaceutical company’s entry into biologics drug substances and products; and its sourcing innovation assets.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026

And even companies known for vertical integration, like Tesla, are sourcing their components from outside the U.S.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 2, 2026

Her people, of several shapes and sizes, sourcing from an amalgam of many human races of divergent strains from several near-forgotten planets, all sighed together, like a little wind of sadness.

From The Dark Goddess by Richard Sharpe Shaver


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