sour
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And now all they’re left with is the sour, bitter taste of having been played.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2026
For some, the durian dream has already turned sour.
From Barron's ● Aug. 30, 2026
There were many elements of Argentina's behaviour around the World Cup final that left a sour taste – now world governing body Fifa has come down hard on those it feels were responsible.
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 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
Later that evening Dad and I went to the grocery store and stocked up on several bags of lemons and my secret sour ingredient, Lemonhead candy.
From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas
For the rest of us, however, inflation may leave a sourer taste.
From BBC ● Aug. 23, 2022
We are realistic about the fact that the national environment is sourer now than it was a few months ago.
From Slate ● Nov. 21, 2021
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
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
And each time Zilla had looked sourer than ever and grunted more contemptuously.
From Love of Life and Other Stories by Charles Livingston Bull
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
The sourest, meanest mouth in the history of portraiture.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 23, 2020
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
The beverage is mild as milk in the morning; after noon it becomes heady, and rough as the sourest cider.
From To The Gold Coast for Gold, Vol. II A Personal Narrative by Sir Richard Francis Burton
The positions are part of a monthslong wager designed to pay off if the hype around AI sours.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 1, 2026
What follows is a tale of tension, deception and a forbidden love that sours, reminiscent of Brontë novels.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 24, 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
The question sours in my mouth as he turns back to yanking the rest of the tattered plants.
From "Merci Suárez Changes Gears" by Meg Medina
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
As a result, investors have soured on that strategy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026
Bond markets soured to rising oil prices as hopes for a U.S.-Iran deal over Hormuz faded, and Treasury yields rose.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 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
How could it be otherwise, when Helen, at all times and under all circumstances, evinced for me a quiet and faithful friendship, which ill-humour never soured, nor irritation never troubled?
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
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
Lores landed with HP and eventually became CEO in 2019, as the company faced slowing sales and souring investor sentiment, and got to work.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 19, 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
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
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