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I was listening to a lot of jazz when I started to work on “Femme Fatale,” and wanted it to have that specific sound that you hear on the title track.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2026
Plus, American AI execs sound the alarm on Chinese models, and Christopher Nolan breaks down the epic scene at the center of “The Odyssey.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026
On its surface, the order may not sound like much and isn’t likely to make the news.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2026
Or is it what we call avoidance when we want avoidance to sound principled?
From Salon ● Jul. 20, 2026
After introductions and a sound check, we are almost set up.
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
It is a communal means toward “a kind of self-sustenance that was an ancient wealth sounder than dollars.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 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 was a beautiful, smooth gait, and probably a sounder one.
From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand
It’s one of the soundest pieces of investing advice: “Time in the market beats timing the market.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 8, 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
With a sigh, I curled up on the edge of the bed and slept the soundest sleep of my entire sixteen years.
From "Hattie Big Sky" by Kirby Larson
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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