sol
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Curiosity recorded the panorama using its Mastcam on August 11, during the mission's 4,982nd Martian day, or sol.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 22, 2026
The sol has been Latin America’s most stable currency, according to the central bank.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 13, 2026
“In Spanish we have a saying, ‘El sol sale para todos,’ or the sun rises for everybody.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 17, 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
A sol is 39 minutes longer than a day, so it works out to be 1425 days.
From "The Martian" by Andy Weir
Footwear giants like Dr. Martens have repeatedly taken online big-box sellers to court over boot designs, while luxury house Christian Louboutin spent years in global litigation defending its signature red soles against high-street copycats.
From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026
Her brother-in-law evacuated a subway stop near the Twin Towers and walked over the Brooklyn Bridge as the soles of his shoes melted from the ground heat, she said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026
When super shoes debuted a decade ago, their chunky soles and springy inside plates revolutionized the world of running.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 19, 2026
She will re-glue the soles of her shoes so they last a little longer.
From Slate ● Apr. 19, 2026
Of course, I look at his shoes, and I have to admit they’re worth admiring—bright red basketball lace-ups with these space-age foam soles.
From "Clairboyance" by Kristiana Kahakauwila
During Perseverance's drives on the 1,707 and 1,709 Martian days, known as sols, the mission team shifted that responsibility to generative AI.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 31, 2026
That should happen about 60 Martian days, or sols, after landing.
From Slate ● Feb. 17, 2021
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
The more juice I can give the oxygenator, the more oxygen it'll liberate, and the longer I can go between those "air sols."
From "The Martian" by Andy Weir
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