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sole

[sohl] / soʊl /


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A sole proprietor can generally contribute about 20% of adjusted net earnings, with no employee deferral or age 50 catch-up contribution.

From MarketWatch Sep. 2, 2026

The Tucson native, who made his billions in the billboard industry, bought the Angels from Disney in 2003, the year after they won their sole World Series championship.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 1, 2026

The floods hit the iconic US park's Bright Angel Canyon and Phantom Ranch area on Saturday afternoon, forcing dozens of people to evacuate and damaging the sole water pipeline serving the area.

From Barron's Aug. 31, 2026

While he played consistently well, with 11 top-10s in 17 starts going into the postseason, that remained his sole victory.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 31, 2026

I catch the stray backpack strap with the sole of my decidedly less glamorous sneaker and drag it out of the aisle.

From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith

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 once bought a $117 pair of MSCHF’s Gobstomper shoes whose soles wear down to reveal differing colors in a nod to the hard-shell candy.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 11, 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

The hard soles of his shoes rapped loudly on the metaled road like a giant clock, and he made himself think about time, about his great hoard, the luxury of an unspent fortune.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan

Then all you have to do is bend forward from the hips until your clubhead is soled behind the ball.

From Golf Digest Feb. 13, 2019

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

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

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 Peter Anthony Motteux

The other evening while Ellen and I were developing films he was soling a pair of shoes.

From Three Years in Tristan da Cunha by Katherine Mary Barrow

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 Katherine Mansfield

Vat do you mean vid your bootless errands, and your soling and healing?

From The Fatal Boots by William Makepeace Thackeray




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