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source

[sawrs, sohrs] / sɔrs, soʊrs /


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Gyu-ri says there was a time when knowing about South Korean content was a source of pride.

From BBC Jul. 17, 2026

“Open source drives innovation forward,” he told MarketWatch.

From MarketWatch Jul. 17, 2026

A sequel to the hit “Home Alone,” Fricker’s Pigeon Lady was a source of unexpected tenderness for Culkin’s Kevin, now stranded during the holidays in New York.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 17, 2026

US officials on Friday pinned the source of a diarrhea-causing foodborne parasite as shredded iceberg lettuce used by the fast food chain Taco Bell.

From Barron's Jul. 17, 2026

When the silk cotton tree opened its flame-red flowers we had a new source of food.

From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo

Public health officials are investigating a major California-based producer of pre-packaged salads, Taylor Farms, that supplied iceberg lettuce to Taco Bell as a potential source of the cyclosporiasis outbreak, sources have told multiple news outlets.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 17, 2026

Businesses, for their part, had to scramble to find new sources of supply for key commodities such as fertilizer, plastic and aluminum.

From MarketWatch Jul. 17, 2026

Once Poland's black gold, the sector is now surviving only on life support as the country slowly transitions to cleaner energy sources.

From Barron's Jul. 17, 2026

Rising electricity demand, the energy transition and efforts to diversify fuel sources following the Iran conflict are expected to drive spending across the sector, he says.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 15, 2026

When the Japanese military took control of all media in the Philippines, Filipinos lost access to objective news sources and were left only with propaganda.

From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly

Fifa has a sourced a large group of players of semi-professional standard who are drilled in the playing patterns and set-piece routines of the national teams.

From BBC Jul. 8, 2026

Just because the publisher couldn’t explain how information about the prince had been gathered didn’t mean it had been illegally sourced, he said.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 7, 2026

But it came from KFF, which sourced it to the government’s Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, or CMS.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 3, 2026

"We get them from a variety of suppliers, but we can also get them locally sourced through people contacting us, or even through your typical resale sites," she added.

From BBC Jun. 12, 2026

As Elisha sourced a crew and supplies for his upcoming Arctic expedition, “examining recruits, inventing cooking stoves, pricing rounds of beef,” he was often on the road.

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock

It’s easy to imagine Netflix sourcing TV shows and films made from all over the world, with less reliance on California.

From MarketWatch Jul. 14, 2026

Supply-chain bottlenecks forced companies to rethink their dependence on overseas suppliers in favor of more domestic sourcing and inventory stocking that required factories and warehouses.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 14, 2026

They prioritised sourcing ingredients from local farmer and growing produce where they can.

From BBC Jul. 4, 2026

During a production trip to Paris, she started sourcing pieces and collecting references that would eventually make their way into this season years later.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 20, 2026

Her people, of several shapes and sizes, sourcing from an amalgam of many human races of divergent strains from several near-forgotten planets, all sighed together, like a little wind of sadness.

From The Dark Goddess by Shaver, Richard Sharpe




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