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[sohl] / soʊl /


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Naver will issue 7.2 million new shares at 204,500 won each through a third-party allotment, with Nvidia as the sole subscriber.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 27, 2026

Democrat Frederick Haynes III, who is running to replace Rep. Jasmine Crockett in her Dallas district, is the sole potential incoming member who has not filed a financial disclosure.

From Salon Jul. 24, 2026

According to her complaint, Tenisha and Malcolm-Jamal Warner’s premarital agreement stated that the actor should purchase and maintain a term life insurance policy of $1 million with his wife as the sole beneficiary.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 22, 2026

Somehow, they have become the sole experts on all subjects, from air pollution to monetary policy to human biology.

From Slate Jul. 20, 2026

Nihil sub sole novum, I thought as I walked back down the hall to my room.

From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt

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

Often, brands make the soles even lighter by injecting gases such as nitrogen.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 19, 2026

She will re-glue the soles of her shoes so they last a little longer.

From Slate Apr. 19, 2026

Then picture adding sugar cane soles, calling them eco-friendly sneakers, becoming a Silicon Valley status symbol, and going public in 2021 with a market value that briefly topped $4 billion.

From Barron's Apr. 16, 2026

Then I wiped the soles dry with a paper towel and put my sneakers back on.

From "Because of Mr. Terupt" by Rob Buyea

Early on, they were “skintight,” like a soled sock that crept up the leg.

From The Wall Street Journal Oct. 31, 2018

This is also where you buy your black plastic three-litre canteens and your electrolyte powder and the plimsolls soled with carpet that leave no prints.

From The Guardian Mar. 1, 2017

Norman stood with his legs spread wide and his arms and legs stiff, the clubhead soled about a foot behind the ball.

From Golf Digest Oct. 16, 2013

Any thinly soled sneakers or comfortable workout shoes will do.

From New York Times Jul. 8, 2011

The robot rose erect smoothly and his thickly sponge-rubber soled feet made no noise as he followed Powell.

From "I, Robot" by Isaac Asimov

But instead of soling the clubhead as usual, set it in front of the ball.

From Golf Digest Feb. 8, 2018

Josephine cut recklessly into the rich dark cake that stood for her winter gloves or the soling and heeling of Constantia's only respectable shoes.

From The Garden Party and Other Stories by Mansfield, Katherine

Seldom does the cobbler take up with the new-fangled way of soling shoes, and seldom does the artisan willingly take up with new methods in his trade.

From My Life and Work by Ford, Henry

Oak sole leather, the foreman said, was often considered preferable for soling shoes because its close fibre rendered it waterproof, and it seldom cracked.

From The Story of Leather by Bassett, Sara Ware

For the soling of them were made use of eleven hundred hides of brown cows, shapen like the tail of a keeling.

From Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 1 by Motteux, Peter Anthony




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