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Any further increase in the costs of goods and the wider impact of the trade dispute on businesses could further sour the American public on the economy.

From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026

Pringles, Burger King all went with ultra-minimal redesigns, as if anyone would see Pringles as a forward-thinking tech company and not the perfect contraption to get sour cream–and–onion dust all over your hands.

From Slate ● Aug. 21, 2026

Here, they get cooked with butter, brown sugar, orange zest and salt until glossy and jammy, then folded into a simple sour cream cake scented generously with cardamom.

From Salon ● Aug. 16, 2026

Economists had expected a small increase in retail sales, but July brought surprisingly sour news.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026

That sour expression on the old man’s face was starting to get to me, so I decided to take a little spin on my wheel.

From "The World According to Humphrey" by Betty G. Birney

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

Compared with punchier, sourer, more cynical sitcoms—from All in the Family to Seinfeld to The Office—that found humor in humanity’s bad behavior, Friends was smiley and conflict-averse to the point of being featherweight.

From Slate ● Sep. 21, 2014

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

His only brother showed some of the same native stuff, but of thinner and sourer quality.

From Diderot and the Encyclopædists (Vol 1 of 2) by John Morley

"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

But it is Cézanne’s treatment of Hortense’s mouth — surely the sourest and meanest in the history of portraiture — that is truly riveting.

From Washington Post ● Apr. 13, 2018

I predict no Seattle starter makes it to the fourth inning from here on in, that the offense wilts like a dying daisy, and that the M’s end their season on the sourest of notes.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 21, 2017

Four Rabbis, the "sourest and ugliest" of the lot, were deputed to remonstrate with the steward; but this person coolly replied that they had no ground of complaint whatever.

From A Handbook to the Works of Browning (6th ed.) by Mrs. Sutherland Orr

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

And new entities are struggling to gain traction as investor sentiment sours.

From Barron's ● Feb. 15, 2026

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

From "Amina's Voice" by Hena Khan

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

The trading firm posted its worst month ever in July after bets at Leopold Aschenbrenner’s hedge fund soured.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 15, 2026

In his program notes, Everton CEO Angus Kinnear declared that he was "happily dissatisfied" with the campaign - an odd turn of phrase at a confusing moment that quickly soured after a 3-1 defeat.

From BBC ● Aug. 3, 2026

It first soured over a decade ago, during the tenure of athletic director Pat Haden.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2026

Dany was wary of the warlock; the maegi Mirri Maz Duur had soured her on those who played at sorcery.

From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin

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

Major U.S. tech names are reporting their earnings next week, which could potentially turn the souring mood around.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026

Warren Buffett said his decision was not based on a souring of his relationship with Bill Gates or revelations about Gates’s ties to Jeffrey Epstein.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026

Each new alarm like this elicits anxieties and murmurs that souring private credit is about to become the new subprime mortgage crisis.

From Barron's ● May 30, 2026

Doubt curls into my stomach, souring it with anxiety.

From "The Belles" by Dhonielle Clayton