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The bank also set aside more funds to cover bad loans, booking a 22% increase in net loan-loss provisions to 3.49 billion euros, but said it maintained sound credit quality.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2026
Even in cities where noise is already a steady part of life, the sound of drones seems to irk in a particular way.
From BBC ● Oct. 28, 2026
The plan, which comes after initial discussions with individual engine manufacturers on a one-to-one basis, proposes cheaper, lighter, simpler engines with a more visceral sound.
From BBC ● Oct. 27, 2026
The anthemic, life-affirming final track from My Chemical Romance’s 2006 album “The Black Parade” has taken on a new sound here.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 2026
Right now, the house is filled with the smooth sound of Earth, Wind & Fire singing “September.”
From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold
Two economic lenses bring those benefits into focus, revealing why Loper Bright is the sounder doctrine in the long run.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 24, 2026
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
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
Deep Sea Vision had first put to sea in September 2023 from Papua New Guinea, launching a $9-million Hugin 6000 submersible equipped with a Doppler, a magnetometer, an echo sounder and a side-scan sonar.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 8, 2024
It was a beautiful, smooth gait, and probably a sounder one.
From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand
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
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The SAT: Multiple-Meaning Words, List 1
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