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sock

[sok] / sɒk /


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Stokes came to the post-match media conference with blood seeping through his sock.

From BBC Aug. 26, 2026

Higher borrowing costs would sock it to home buyers, heavy credit-card users and anyone needing a loan.

From MarketWatch Aug. 15, 2026

Sometimes a tall sock and a short one; sometimes a Paw Patrol relic from toddlerhood.

From The Wall Street Journal May 8, 2026

Asked whether he would indeed be the president's sock puppet, Warsh said: "Absolutely not."

From BBC Apr. 21, 2026

I can’t wait to put it in my sock.

From "Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero" by Kelly J. Baptist

"I think she is going to blow our socks off," Gyllenhaal told reporters.

From Barron's Sep. 12, 2026

She’s packed her suitcase too, full of socks she’ll throw away by the end of tour, and a wardrobe almost entirely of black.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 3, 2026

There are hundreds of specialised manufacturing towns in China, producing items ranging from bicycles to socks.

From Barron's Aug. 31, 2026

A "pro" version of the adult shirt costs £90, with a matching pair of shorts and socks costing a total of £136.

From BBC Aug. 7, 2026

The patient is the one in the cotton gown and wool socks, lying unconscious on the table.

From "Phineas Gage" by John Fleischman

On August 18, 2017, a new age in astronomy dawned, appropriately, with a tweet: “New LIGO. Source with optical counterpart. Blow your sox off!”

From Scientific American Aug. 21, 2019

On 18 August, astronomer J. Craig Wheeler of the University of Texas at Austin began the public rumour mill when he tweeted, “New LIGO. Source with optical counterpart. Blow your sox off!”

From Nature Aug. 23, 2017

He confessed in 1951 about the overload, “Two drawers are full, so I’m moving my sox over.”

From New York Times Feb. 3, 2015

“They’ve got a couple of big hits the last couple of nights,” said Red sox catcher A.J.

From Washington Times Jun. 5, 2014

Between Scattergood's shoes and the feet they inclosed, were sox.

From Scattergood Baines by Clarence Budington Kelland

Authorities tapped oil reserves that had been socked away before the war; a shift toward coal paid off.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 22, 2026

Winter storm Fern, which socked the Midwest and Northeast, likely boosted the number of claims filed.

From Barron's Feb. 5, 2026

Mahan socked money away during the summer months and hunkered down in the slow times, before things started picking up around the New Year.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 19, 2025

The Angels, as a whole, socked 19 home runs across the eight-game stretch — the power appeared to help them surge to third place in a division more than up for grabs.

From Los Angeles Times May 25, 2025

As was his habit, he padded downstairs in socked feet, eased Grandma’s front door open, and plucked the latest issue of the Logan County Gazette off the porch.

From "The Last Last-Day-of-Summer" by Lamar Giles

The Los Angeles City Council signed off on a $15-billion budget for 2026-27 on Thursday, preserving Mayor Karen Bass’ police hiring plan while socking away more money for potential emergencies.

From Los Angeles Times May 21, 2026

The country has been buying barrels far in excess of its domestic needs over the past year and socking them away in storage.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 12, 2026

You say you don’t have any money saved, but when you start socking away funds — which you should do as soon as possible — I’d recommend getting a high-yield savings account.

From MarketWatch Jan. 12, 2026

Lenders in countries as far away as Germany and Japan are socking away hundreds of millions of dollars in anticipation of loans going bad.

From BBC Mar. 9, 2024

The snow came down with hard gusts, socking the sides of the pickup and blotting out the windshield.

From "Orbiting Jupiter" by Gary D. Schmidt




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