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“Canadians, we sound like Americans, we dress like Americans, but as a society we’re much more European.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 13, 2026
In a horror movie pastiche, Mendoza is dogged by middle-aged white men compelled to tell him that their wife is Asian, which does sound like something from personal experience.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 12, 2026
After "about two seconds", he and sound recordist Lulu "started running down the street".
From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026
For honeybees, this is around 49°C – which might sound high, yet ground surfaces exceeded 50°C in the UK heatwaves this summer.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 11, 2026
Which, at face value, may not sound like the most romantic thing anyone has ever said, but trust me when I swear to you that it was.
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
The demonstrations began in early May with trade union demands for salary increases, stable fuel supplies and sounder economic management.
From Barron's ● May 27, 2026
Such tariffs may or may not be wise policy, but they would be on a sounder legal footing.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 4, 2025
“Democracies are sounder when the reason why some lose does not rest on the fact that they are invisible to those who make decisions,” Verba wrote.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 23, 2025
With a new stadium on the horizon and commercial deals continuing to be signed, the club believe they will be on a sounder financial footing for the next three-year PSR cycle.
From BBC ● Jan. 14, 2025
It is called multibeam echo sounder technology and it can provide a 3-D topographical map of the ocean floor and any structures, including shipwrecks, that are lying there.
From "Shipwrecked!" by Martin W. Sandler
Whatever happens with AI, Haider argues, the soundest playbook is to lean toward companies with growing top lines rather than buying whatever looks cheap.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026
As the first study of its kind, it provides the soundest assessment to date of the consequences of stopping antidepressant treatment.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 6, 2024
But most all, just one of the kindest and soundest soul you'll ever meet.
From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2023
The most striking aspect of the anointing of Bankman-Fried as the richest and soundest of newly-minted billionaires is how so little of it has been based on hard information.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 14, 2022
He is the soundest sleeper I have ever seen.
From "Blood on the River" by Elisa Carbone
Vocabulary lists containing sound
The SAT: Multiple-Meaning Words, List 1
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The ACT Reading Test: Multiple-Meaning Words, List 1
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The New SAT: Multiple-Meaning Words
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