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solo

[soh-loh] / ˈsoʊ loʊ /


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Worryingly, that solo attempt came from defender Sven Botman, while Jaissle used centre-back Dan Burn, a substitute, up front when he was sent on.

From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2026

The only way going solo can have a negative impact on you is during the ticket-buying process for reserved seating events.

From Salon ● Oct. 21, 2026

Styles launched his solo career in 2017 after becoming a global star in One Direction.

From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2026

Above all, it’s Bruch’s use of the violin solo as a vehicle for melody that makes his Scotland believable.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

And how all my solo time was pretty much ancient history.

From "We Were Here" by Matt De La Peña

While the United States is among a smaller group of countries that recognize jus soli, it is not alone in doing so.

From Salon ● May 24, 2026

She has a firm idea about the distinction between two very different theories of citizenship: jus soli, based on soil, and jus sanguinis, based on descent.

From Slate ● Apr. 1, 2026

John Skrentny, a sociology professor at the University of California, San Diego, believes that, though birthright citizenship or jus soli is common throughout the Americas, "each nation-state had its own unique road to it".

From BBC ● Feb. 9, 2025

The aforementioned Republic Act observes a couple of legal principles that many countries around the world have incorporated into their legislation: jus soli and jus sanguinis.

From Encyclopedia.com ● Dec. 3, 2018

I think sometimes that the having a family should remove me farre from the curse of Væ soli.

From Letters to Severall Persons of Honour by John Donne

“Listening to his solos brings up so many childhood memories,” Derbez tells The Times over Zoom.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026

Something of a lull arrived in the middle of the three-hour set, with newer, less familiar numbers, covers, and extended versions of songs with multiple solos in them.

From BBC ● Jun. 15, 2026

He has edited his solos a little; they seem more concise, but they still achieve the same goal: liftoff.

From Salon ● May 28, 2026

To break up the song’s disco feel, studio guitarist Louie Shelton was brought in to add rock solos.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 23, 2026

We’d both vowed to remain solos for life.

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

He could have free soloed it, he says, but he would have been arrested.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 23, 2026

But the two-time champion soloed to victory on stage 14 and followed that up by dismissing his competition on a gruelling climb to the stage 15 finish in Plateau de Beille.

From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2024

Former world champion Michal Kwiatkowski soloed to the top of the Grand Colombier mountain to claim a second career Tour stage win.

From Washington Times ● Jul. 14, 2023

As he soloed, the names of more departed appeared on the screen: singers Mary Wilson, Bonnie Pointer, Mac Davis and Helen Reddy.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 14, 2021

Pianist Benito Gonzalez, who can be as devout a follower of McCoy Tyner as Lawrence is of Tyner’s most famous employer, soloed instead like himself, deploying a bevy of cascading phrases, licks and off-kilter rhythms.

From Washington Post ● Jul. 2, 2017

There was also vindication for some of Lifeson’s more adventurous guitar work of the early ’80s, when he all but invented a new chime-laden language of soloing.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 8, 2026

Honnold, 40, is known for free soloing, or climbing without ropes, harnesses and other equipment.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 23, 2026

The crowd was noticeably intergenerational, like the band onstage: Replacing Crazy Horse’s now-retired rhythm guitarist Poncho Sampedro was Willie Nelson’s 33-year-old son, Micah, who beautifully and steadily supported Young’s incandescent soloing.

From New York Times ● May 17, 2024

Somewhat like her husband, Ms. Mingus could be testy toward the group’s musicians, teasing them at times for playing too loudly or soloing too long.

From Washington Post ● Sep. 27, 2022

I explored my psychological background and how that made me interested in climbing and then eventually free soloing.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 2, 2022


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