soft
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Across the globe, military bases are being targeted as a soft underbelly.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026
Elastic cartilage is soft and flexible and helps form structures such as the outer ear.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 6, 2026
They pitted together on lap 31, Hadjar sticking to soft tyres, and Hamilton having no choice but to move to mediums.
From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2026
And if you sniff the lobby of downtown Los Angeles’ Ritz-Carlton, you may detect “bright effervescent notes ... layered with soft florals,” a custom fragrance known as Champagne & Shimmer.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2026
As she smiled, she tasted the distinct warm, soft sweetness of SJ’s frybread and couldn’t wait to return so that she could get more practice, company, and, of course, more food.
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
The September jobs report also came in softer than expected.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 7, 2026
Late last year, CNN’s Jordan Valinsky noted that Cava, Chipotle and Sweetgreen — “the big three slop slingers” — were all reporting softer business among younger customers, particularly those between 25 and 35.
From Salon ● Oct. 3, 2026
Hong trims her earnings-per-share forecasts for Naver by 8% for both 2026 and 2027, citing expectations for softer near-term earnings and margin headwinds.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026
Other campaigns helped introduce the replacement of hard surfaces in children's playgrounds with softer material and a change in the law to enforce the wearing of children's seat belts in the rear of cars.
From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026
“I can understand how angry you must be,” Miss Kwan said, her voice getting slightly softer.
From "A Monster Calls" by Patrick Ness
That is the softest sector in our data.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 29, 2026
Whatever these men think they’re proving, what they are actually demonstrating is they are the softest, saddest boys alive, incapable of understanding what real courage looks like.
From Salon ● Jan. 9, 2026
A private gauge of China’s service activity showed expansion at the softest pace in six months, weighed by slowing sales.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 5, 2026
It's only one lap, so it should stand to reason that the softest rubber will give the greatest grip for that short distance.
From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2025
Another month later, drenched in rock dust and sweat, his section punched through the header into the softest, blackest, purest coal anyone had ever seen.
From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam
