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But allow me to be the boring, sober voice of reason: There’s a vast ocean of cruises between living frugally and rolling out the proverbial red carpet every time you step outside your front door.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 29, 2026

“At these valuations and after a rally that’s been this aggressive, it’s healthy that investors are taking a sober second look” at the prospect for returns from this AI theme, said Reynolds.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 23, 2026

Now she often hears about a mandated ratio of sober party attendees for every event, typically one for every 25 people.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 18, 2026

Scott is almost 10 years sober, a powerfully built man in his early 60s with an electric energy.

From BBC ● Oct. 18, 2026

Among the farmhands, though, was a member of the Blackfoot Indian tribe named Levi, who behaved very differently from the coarse miners—being polite, gentle, responsible, sober, and well spoken.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond

Harrelson's Monday night appearance as a guest on "Late Night with Seth Meyers," and a good deal soberer may have reminded us of that.

From Salon ● Mar. 1, 2023

Perhaps that strikes us like a quick, hard smack, makes us soberer and more respectful of facts?

From Washington Post ● Mar. 30, 2020

But in “Bare” as in “Wanderlust,” what starts as a renegade feminism gives way to a soberer truth.

From New York Times ● Jun. 3, 2011

If the soberer President-elect seemed unsure "whether we have the resources immediately to take on the whole program," Kennedy still aimed at massive federal aid.

From Time Magazine Archive

As his story advances, it is true it takes on a soberer tint; but what Damis omits, Philostratus is ever ready to supply from his own store of marvels, if chance offers.

From Apollonius of Tyana, the Philosopher-Reformer of the First Century A.D. by George Robert Stowe Mead

Research shows Gen Z is one of the soberest generations ever.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 7, 2026

The soberest predictions of automation job loss still rely on a lattice of interlocking predictions that may not come true.

From Slate ● Mar. 31, 2021

Social media sites and football message boards, prone to conspiracy theories, hyperbole and fabrications in even the soberest scenarios, went wild.

From New York Times ● Aug. 7, 2020

But Barlow’s style was hyperbolic at the soberest of times.

From Salon ● Jun. 2, 2018

On the big day, a dozen of our tall and not-so-tall young ladies presented themselves in their soberest hats, clutching letters of reference in their cleanest white gloves.

From "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly

A circa-1900 vaudevillian sobers up to wrest his wife and son from a sleazy manager handling their act.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 9, 2019

Duncan MacMillan’s portrait of an actress and her addictions, vivified by a searing turn from Denise Gough, sobers up for the end of its run.

From New York Times ● Nov. 30, 2017

“That sobers you up, to realize you’re at the point where they’re honoring your body of work,” said Lucas, 71, who received the 2012 National Medal of Arts from President Obama.

From Washington Post ● Jul. 15, 2015

"It sobers you," Carter said of his injury.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 8, 2012

Roshan sobers a little at the mention of Tremaine, but he hides it behind a smile.

From "Warcross" by Marie Lu

“The realities of contemporary pricing sobered us up very quickly. We abandoned the idea.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026

Asked by coroner Dr James Adeley if Mr Slater "seemed fearful or under duress", Mr Geoghehan said: "No," adding he had "probably... sobered up and decided to come back".

From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2025

“Participants were almost uniformly sobered by the paucity of effective constraints on abuse of power.”

From Salon ● Nov. 18, 2024

But Osadchyi and other Ukrainian researchers have been sobered by what they’ve found so far.

From Science Magazine ● Jan. 3, 2024

Kit could have laughed out loud, but a look at Goodwife Cruff sobered her.

From "The Witch of Blackbird Pond" by Elizabeth George Speare

Both my research and our recent times point to a deeper, sobering lesson.

From Slate ● Oct. 26, 2026

But here’s a sobering estimate: to justify all the cash being invested in AI, American businesses and consumers would have to spend about as much on AI in 2032 as they do on food.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026

That’s a sobering statistic for the Chargers, Houston Texans and Tampa Bay Buccaneers, all winless so far.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2026

"The thought that all of these beautiful creatures and habitats could be compromised as superpowers slug it out for supremacy is sobering."

From Barron's ● Sep. 16, 2026

Once I’d conjured up that sobering image, I was able to focus on my situation, and the question at hand: What was she doing here?

From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline