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Toss them with egg noodles and add a swirl of sour cream or labneh and you have something that starts edging toward weeknight stroganoff.

From Salon ● Sep. 14, 2026

As the second half wore on, the resilient visitors actually missed the game's two best chances through Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall and Brennan Johnson, while the mood became increasingly sour as nerves and anxiety grew.

From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026

M. trumani and every felid lineage sampled in the study lacked a functional gene responsible for producing a receptor involved in detecting sour tastes.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 8, 2026

And now all they’re left with is the sour, bitter taste of having been played.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2026

The underlying mortgage loans were already going sour, and yet the prices of the bonds backed by the loans hadn’t budged.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis

For the rest of us, however, inflation may leave a sourer taste.

From BBC ● Aug. 23, 2022

Pickle flavor hits all the right notes for people — especially those under 40 — who are looking for bigger, bolder, brighter and sourer flavors, food and beverage researchers said.

From New York Times ● Aug. 1, 2022

For the sour element, lime juice is the classic choice, but lemon, grapefruit, sourer oranges, or any other mouth-puckering, citrusy fruit you have on hand would work too.

From Slate ● May 22, 2020

Photograph: Clive Mason/Getty Images This Queens Park Rangers vintage is now officially corked, the season turning sourer than the cheap plonk served up by the hapless Swindon sommelier John Gorman in 1993.

From The Guardian ● Dec. 14, 2012

Saying nothing, I smiled a little bitterly as I marched away to carry in water, and then the lady, whose thin face seemed sourer than usual that evening, set me to wash the supper dishes.

From Lorimer of the Northwest by Alfred James Dewey

"Has that not just left the sourest taste in the mouth at the end of this international summer? I'm dumbfounded," said England all-rounder Georgia Elwiss on BBC Test Match Special.

From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2022

Filipino cooking is among the world’s brightest, sweetest, sourest, and funkiest of world cuisines; by comparison, almost any other food seems bland.

From The New Yorker ● Dec. 19, 2018

Perhaps the sourest note came from ABC with word that it’s canceling “Nashville” after four seasons.

From Seattle Times ● May 13, 2016

"Morgans" does bear the distinction of boasting the sourest cast ever assembled outside of a Lars Von Trier production.

From Salon ● Dec. 18, 2009

He had already received in the street a salutation from the Vicar, cordial as usual, with the very slightest bend of his neck, and the sourest expression of his mouth.

From The Vicar of Bullhampton by Anthony Trollope

The positions are part of a monthslong wager designed to pay off if the hype around artificial intelligence sours.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 1, 2026

Everything reasonable from the first half quickly sours.

From Slate ● Jun. 18, 2026

The clatter of cutlery as an atmosphere sours over dinner.

From BBC ● Apr. 24, 2026

Renowned photographer Randy and his playwright husband Jack are vacationing on the Oregon coast, but their trip sours.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 3, 2026

I wish I could take the words back as Soojin’s expression instantly sours.

From "Amina's Voice" by Hena Khan

The Navatek founder, Loui, had long since soured on his chosen successor.

From Salon ● Sep. 23, 2026

The potential sale of the Stellantis factory has soured labor talks between the company and Unifor, the union representing 9,000 of the automaker’s workers in Canada.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026

The trial heard their friendship soured after an unsuccessful attempt by Dennis to sell a fake Rolex given to him by Oladipo.

From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026

But amid the crypto collapse in 2022, NFT sales volumes dived and never recovered as investors soured on the assets.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026

I’m sure in my outlaw fantasies I would’ve been as defiant as Shea, but something about this situation had soured me on romantic rebellion.

From "The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates" by Wes Moore

Japanese investors souring on Treasurys would add to upward pressure on yields, which move inversely to bond prices.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026

Samsung Electronics stock had its worst day in three weeks on Monday as investors reacted to its shareholder-return plan, souring the mood for other memory-chip making rivals.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 24, 2026

As the souring mood spilled into U.S. trading, hitting AI-related stocks, a chorus of investors and analysts sounded the alarm that leverage was building up here, too.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 29, 2026

But it clearly shows that investors aren’t souring on South Korean chip companies just yet, even in the face of more volatility and AI-bubble fears.

From Barron's ● Jun. 24, 2026

As dirty as he was, he almost hated to scrub away the smells of musky tiger cub, souring goat’s milk, thick creek mud, and salty Sunderbans water.

From "Tiger Boy" by Mitali Perkins