sol
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Perseverance covered the marathon distance after five years and four months of driving, reaching the mark on the 1,890th Martian day, or sol, of its mission.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 14, 2026
Peru’s sol currency strengthened about 10% against the dollar in the last 12 months while the local stock market is booming.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 17, 2026
To achieve that, Cardinals turf manager Andy Levy arranged for 200 gallons of paint in the Rams’ royal blue and sol yellow to adorn the field and end zones.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 13, 2025
In fact, strictly speaking, the droit du sol is not an automatic right in France, as it is for example in the US where a birth certificate is enough to get a passport.
From BBC ● Feb. 14, 2024
Even adding some of the Hab's power cells would barely power the regulator for a sol, let alone give me enough juice to drive.
From "The Martian" by Andy Weir
A decade ago, Nike created mysterious prototypes featuring giant soles and rigid interior plates that functioned like springs, unleashing the “super shoe” era across the sport.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 26, 2026
She will re-glue the soles of her shoes so they last a little longer.
From Slate ● Apr. 19, 2026
However, the company failed to retain consumers for its other products, including flip-flops with sugarcane-based soles and wool leggings.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 1, 2026
Anisimova, beaten in last year's Wimbledon and US Open finals, showed the first signs of frustration as she whacked the soles of her trainers with her racquet.
From Barron's ● Jan. 28, 2026
They were wearing boots, but even through the thick soles, their feet grew warm from the hot ash.
From "Mountain of Fire" by Rebecca E. F. Barone
The full extent of the formations appears in a 360-degree panorama captured on June 19 and 20, during the 4,930th and 4,931st Martian days, or sols, of the mission.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 1, 2026
Before the outbreak, she earned around 45 sols a day — around $13 — collecting fares on a combi, one of the ramshackle minibuses that serve as public transport here.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 16, 2020
Recently, we reported on the use of tetraethylammonium-hydroxide silica sols to achieve homoepitaxial growth on exfoliated MFI nanosheets33.
From Nature ● Mar. 14, 2017
Since Mars takes longer to go around the Sun, a year is 668.6 sols.
From Textbooks ● Oct. 13, 2016
Three sols later, Lewis Valley opened into a wide plain.
From "The Martian" by Andy Weir
