sol
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Perseverance covered the marathon distance after five years and four months of driving, reaching the mark on the 1,890th Martian day, or sol, of its mission.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 14, 2026
Peru’s sol currency strengthened about 10% against the dollar in the last 12 months while the local stock market is booming.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 17, 2026
The word 'solstice' comes from the Latin sol, meaning 'sun', and sistere - to 'stand still'.
From BBC ● Dec. 1, 2025
“In Spanish we have a saying, ‘El sol sale para todos,’ or the sun rises for everybody.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 17, 2025
So I'm labeling each sample by the current sol.
From "The Martian" by Andy Weir
The shoes sport chunky soles with rigid, curved carbon plates and lightweight foam, and Nike asserts they improve running economy by as much as 4%.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 27, 2026
She will re-glue the soles of her shoes so they last a little longer.
From Slate ● Apr. 19, 2026
He was last seen wearing a quilted green-brown Barbour jacket over a beige woollen jumper, with navy chinos and brown leather trainers with white soles.
From BBC ● Mar. 2, 2026
Anisimova, beaten in last year's Wimbledon and US Open finals, showed the first signs of frustration as she whacked the soles of her trainers with her racquet.
From Barron's ● Jan. 28, 2026
I had some burns on my hands and the soles of my feet, but the real problem was all the smoke I’d had in my lungs, making deep breaths hard to come by.
From "Willodeen" by Katherine Applegate
During Perseverance's drives on the 1,707 and 1,709 Martian days, known as sols, the mission team shifted that responsibility to generative AI.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 31, 2026
Ingenuity is slated for a maximum of five flights over a period of 30 sols, but if it flies just once, says Tzanetos, “we’ll all go out and celebrate.”
From Slate ● Feb. 17, 2021
Before the outbreak, she earned around 45 sols a day — around $13 — collecting fares on a combi, one of the ramshackle minibuses that serve as public transport here.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 16, 2020
Recently, we reported on the use of tetraethylammonium-hydroxide silica sols to achieve homoepitaxial growth on exfoliated MFI nanosheets33.
From Nature ● Mar. 14, 2017
She frowned and added "Note: five sols until dust storm entry."
From "The Martian" by Andy Weir
