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solo

[soh-loh] / ˈsoʊ loʊ /


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Instead, many people lean toward prepared foods and often eat them solo.

From MarketWatch Aug. 16, 2026

Something new to listen to: Six years ago, indie rocker Phoebe Bridgers’ last solo album became one of the defining records of the decade.

From Slate Aug. 14, 2026

The show in the Philadelphia Eagles’ stadium set a world record as the biggest ever for a solo comedian.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 14, 2026

The sighting of even a solo grizzly “should be immediately reported” to the state.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 13, 2026

Ms. Holly, along with Soojin, was someone who pushed me to sign up for a solo from the start.

From "Amina's Song" by Hena Khan

While the United States is among a smaller group of countries that recognize jus soli, it is not alone in doing so.

From Salon May 24, 2026

John Skrentny, a sociology professor at the University of California, San Diego, believes that, though birthright citizenship or jus soli is common throughout the Americas, "each nation-state had its own unique road to it".

From BBC Feb. 9, 2025

The aforementioned Republic Act observes a couple of legal principles that many countries around the world have incorporated into their legislation: jus soli and jus sanguinis.

From Encyclopedia.com Dec. 3, 2018

In truth, more than 30 other countries in the Western Hemisphere alone have some form of jus soli, where birth automatically confers citizenship.

From Slate Oct. 31, 2018

Felix Woyrsch's Mystery for soli, chorus, orchestra and organ, "Tödtentanz" given by the Apollo Musical Society in Chicago.

From Annals of Music in America A Chronological Record of Significant Musical Events by Henry Charles Lahee

The poignant “Time Waits for No One” features one of Taylor’s most beautiful solos, a fitting coda to the end of his five-year career with the Stones.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 10, 2026

He has edited his solos a little; they seem more concise, but they still achieve the same goal: liftoff.

From Salon May 28, 2026

Coltrane’s status had grown rapidly in the late 1950s with awestruck solos featuring what critic Ira Gitler called “sheets of sound.”

From The Wall Street Journal May 26, 2026

It's known for focusing on traditions of faith and hope - with Christian praise voices delivered through upbeat tempos, clapping choirs and powerful solos.

From BBC Mar. 6, 2026

Whereas bebop took from Christian’s playing style the inspiration of his free-flowing solos, rock and roll took the sound of his accompanying - ‘rhythm’ - guitar grooves.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall

He could have free soloed it, he says, but he would have been arrested.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 23, 2026

But the two-time champion soloed to victory on stage 14 and followed that up by dismissing his competition on a gruelling climb to the stage 15 finish in Plateau de Beille.

From BBC Jul. 14, 2024

Former world champion Michal Kwiatkowski soloed to the top of the Grand Colombier mountain to claim a second career Tour stage win.

From Washington Times Jul. 14, 2023

MENDE, France — Michael Matthews soloed to victory on the 14th stage of the Tour de France on Saturday when defending champion Tadej Pogacar tried in vain to regain time on leader Jonas Vingegaard.

From Washington Post Jul. 16, 2022

Leclerc had just soloed two major routes on Cerro Torre and Torre Egger in the Southern Patagonian Ice Field.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 14, 2021

There was also vindication for some of Lifeson’s more adventurous guitar work of the early ’80s, when he all but invented a new chime-laden language of soloing.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 8, 2026

Honnold, 40, is known for free soloing, or climbing without ropes, harnesses and other equipment.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 23, 2026

The crowd was noticeably intergenerational, like the band onstage: Replacing Crazy Horse’s now-retired rhythm guitarist Poncho Sampedro was Willie Nelson’s 33-year-old son, Micah, who beautifully and steadily supported Young’s incandescent soloing.

From New York Times May 17, 2024

Somewhat like her husband, Ms. Mingus could be testy toward the group’s musicians, teasing them at times for playing too loudly or soloing too long.

From Washington Post Sep. 27, 2022

If you went to Joshua Tree or Yosemite, you’d see several people free soloing as you did a route.

From Seattle Times Sep. 2, 2022




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