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sour

[sauuhr, sau-er] / saʊər, ˈsaʊ ər /




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Trump, however, was not entirely sour on Brazil's leftist president, declaring, "I like Lula, I get along with him very well."

From Barron's ● Oct. 27, 2026

The latest market action leaves Kaiser wary, particularly given the so-far fairly sour reaction to the current corporate reporting season.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 23, 2026

Ground yourself - use strong sensory experiences such as holding an ice cube or tasting something sour or spicy.

From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026

Cells responsible for detecting salty and sour tastes use different signaling mechanisms that do not depend on PLCβ2, potentially allowing those sensations to remain intact even when other taste signals are disrupted.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 19, 2026

I began to chuckle, then caught myself as Dovid shot me a sour look.

From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros

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

From BBC ● Aug. 23, 2022

But in two self-portraits, featuring the artist cradling an old-time painter’s palette, you also sense a sourer side.

From New York Times ● Oct. 28, 2021

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

But starting today, in New York's Times Square, the American flag will have a distinctly sourer appearance.

From The Guardian ● Aug. 1, 2014

You look sourer and idler than the lion's head that dangles at your shoulder.

From Hypolympia Or, The Gods in the Island, an Ironic Fantasy by Edmund Gosse

It’s a return to innocence — a gustatory reminder of those carefree childhood moments when I indulged in the sourest of sour treats to my heart’s content.

From Salon ● Sep. 13, 2025

"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

Then take something with more taste to it, abstracting the taste, until by this gradual process you can make the sourest pickle sweet.

From The Silence: What It Is and How To Use It by David V. Bush

Two journalists settled onto barstools beneath signs for pilsners and cherry sours.

From Salon ● Oct. 4, 2026

As the mood of the nation sours on Silicon Valley’s vision for the future, Flock cameras and data centers have become persona non grata in several communities.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 2026

Everything reasonable from the first half quickly sours.

From Slate ● Jun. 18, 2026

At least it starts off that way, but of course, the gathering quickly sours, leaving us rubbernecking the damage.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 14, 2026

Jayden’s phone rings and his whole expression sours.

From "Amari and the Night Brothers" by B.B. Alston

But our relationship — never a personal one, but close enough that we greeted each other whenever we inevitably ran into each other — soured in later years.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026

Equities sank in Asia Thursday as tech firms resumed their downward spiral following a mixed bag of earnings from Wall Street titans, while sentiment was also soured by another spike in oil prices.

From Barron's ● Oct. 22, 2026

Wall Street grew more worried over Netflix’s viewership trends on Tuesday, as investors soured on the streaming giant’s sales outlook and stumbles in its advertising business.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 20, 2026

However, Federal Reserve tightening and multidecade highs in Treasury yields have soured the mood.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026

The news about the Starks had soured her, he could see.

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

But as Sargent started her academic studies in 2023, she noticed many of her classmates were abruptly souring on computer science.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 19, 2026

That conflict has sent the cost of petrol - and in particular diesel - skyrocketing, souring his standing with the American public.

From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2026

The junk-bond market is also one of the best early signals of a souring economy, since low-rated borrowers feel stress first.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 29, 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

He was on a roll and was about to say something else; but then, quite suddenly, he stopped, his face souring as if something unpleasant had occurred to him.

From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt


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