solo
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This experience will also require a timed reservation and a paid ticket—$12 per person for a shared flight and $20 for a solo flight.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026
If you’re traveling in a group and don’t care about sitting next to one another, you could save money by searching for a solo ticket, says Derek Cann, a marketing executive at flight-tracking app Going.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 28, 2026
Cardi, however, became the first woman in history to win the Grammy Award for best rap album as a solo artist.
From Salon ● Oct. 27, 2026
Titled Back To The Beginning, it features more than 25 of the songs played at that star-studded concert, including Ozzy's solo set and Sabbath's entire performance.
From BBC ● Oct. 26, 2026
Nan raised her eyebrows at me as Wynn left, announcing it was a nice night for a solo walk.
From "Hope Springs" by Jaime Berry
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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
Many African nations, which historically followed jus soli under colonial-era legal systems, later abandoned it after gaining independence.
From BBC ● Feb. 9, 2025
Foreigners whose nationalities do not meet the jus soli or jus sanguinis principles can become Filipino citizens through the process of naturalization; however, they will have to renounce their previous citizenship.
From Encyclopedia.com ● Dec. 3, 2018
The ingenious argument of the great jurisconsult falls to the ground under the beautiful words of Cicero: “Ut justitia, ita jus sine ratione non consistit; soli ratione utentes jure ac lege vivunt.”
From Principles Of Political Economy by John J. (John Joseph) Lalor
“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
Coltrane’s status had grown rapidly in the late 1950s with awestruck solos featuring what critic Ira Gitler called “sheets of sound.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 26, 2026
I’m talking high notes, low notes, harmonies, solos.
From "The Boy in the Black Suit" by Jason Reynolds
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He could have free soloed it, he says, but he would have been arrested.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 23, 2026
Dutch veteran Wout Poels soloed to victory Sunday after the tough trek in the Alps.
From Washington Times ● Jul. 16, 2023
MENDE, France — Michael Matthews soloed to victory on the 14th stage of the Tour de France on Saturday when defending champion Tadej Pogacar tried in vain to regain time on leader Jonas Vingegaard.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 16, 2022
Nils Politt soloed to victory on stage 12 of the Tour de France as Tadej Pogacar retained the leader's yellow jersey.
From BBC ● Jul. 8, 2021
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
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
These are the artists whose aggressive improvisation, rhythmic thrust and fiery soloing put hard bop on the map.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 14, 2022
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
It applied to free soloing with the caveat that the consequences are extreme.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 2, 2022
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