sour
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Trump arrived at the summit on Wednesday in a sour mood.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 8, 2026
It's understood Prince Harry is looking forward to seeing friends and family and that nothing is going to sour his chance to support his Invictus "second family".
From BBC ● Jul. 4, 2026
It’s a surprisingly sour approach for a Facebook origin story.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 29, 2026
Not even a blowout quarter and 15% stock pop from Micron could save the sour mood last week.
From Barron's ● Jun. 29, 2026
His face is puckered like he’s eaten something sour.
From "The Sea in Winter" by Christine Day
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
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
A sourer Lady Bountiful never set forth upon an errand of mercy.
From Further Experiences of an Irish R.M. by Ross, Martin
"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
Perhaps the sourest note came from ABC with word that it’s canceling “Nashville” after four seasons.
From Seattle Times ● May 13, 2016
There is an old Spanish proverb—"The sweetest wine makes the sourest vinegar," and so it will be with us.
From A Source Book of Australian History by Swinburne, Gwendolen H.
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
On the flip side, temporary workers are also among the first to lose jobs when the broader economy sours.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 6, 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
Some in Westminster have highlighted the "collegiate" relationship between him and the Chancellor Rachel Reeves, a contrast to the briefings after Healey's resignation that revealed his soured relationship with the Treasury.
From BBC ● Jun. 30, 2026
The latter is the hangover from a peripatetic childhood defined and dominated by his charismatic father, a once-idealistic scholar whose dreams of a Arab utopia soured into authoritarian megalomania.
From Salon ● Jun. 27, 2026
A report that OpenAI was considering delaying its mooted public offering further soured already weak sentiment around the artificial-intelligence boom.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026
A confluence of factors have soured things a bit for those who moved to Florida, and now thousands of them are becoming “halfbacks.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 16, 2026
It is the emblematic photograph of Ernest Lawrence and Robert Oppenheimer together in the full bloom of their friendship, long before their personal relations became soured by rivalry, suspicion, and politics.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
Many Americans are souring on the technology amid mass layoffs, data center sprawl, reports of chatbot-fueled attacks by unstable users and hacking tools that have panicked cybersecurity professionals.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 12, 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
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
My need to pack up and leave was usually caused by souring relationships with roommates or increasing rents.
From MarketWatch ● May 29, 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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"The Sun Rising" by John Donne
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