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The Tucson native, who made his billions in the billboard industry, bought the Angels from Disney in 2003, the year after they won their sole World Series championship.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 1, 2026
However, his sole Emmy win was for voicing Captain Hook in the 1991 animated children’s series “Peter Pan & the Pirates.”
From Salon ● Aug. 26, 2026
Adura, a joint venture formed by the merger of UK offshore operations of Britain's Shell and Norway's Equinor, is the sole owner of Jackdaw and majority owner of Rosebank.
From Barron's ● Aug. 20, 2026
Sinner replaced him as world number one after beating him in the final of April's Monte Carlo Masters in their sole meeting of the year so far.
From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026
"His boots have that starry design on the sole," George said.
From "Case of the Sneaky Snowman: Nancy Drew and the Clue Crew, #5" by Carolyn Keene
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The shoes sport chunky soles with rigid, curved carbon plates and lightweight foam, and Nike asserts they improve running economy by as much as 4%.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 27, 2026
Each hub brought together suppliers of laces, soles and fabric, as well as logistics firms that help to quickly turn designs into store-ready products and ship them out.
From BBC ● Apr. 26, 2026
She will re-glue the soles of her shoes so they last a little longer.
From Slate ● Apr. 19, 2026
In his 30 years at Nike, Bignell has helped lead the development of some of the sneaker giant’s most cutting-edge running shoes, including the Vomero Premium, which features one of the market’s thickest, most-cushioned soles.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 10, 2026
I had some burns on my hands and the soles of my feet, but the real problem was all the smoke I’d had in my lungs, making deep breaths hard to come by.
From "Willodeen" by Katherine Applegate
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Then all you have to do is bend forward from the hips until your clubhead is soled behind the ball.
From Golf Digest ● Feb. 13, 2019
Early on, they were “skintight,” like a soled sock that crept up the leg.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 31, 2018
This is also where you buy your black plastic three-litre canteens and your electrolyte powder and the plimsolls soled with carpet that leave no prints.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 1, 2017
Any thinly soled sneakers or comfortable workout shoes will do.
From New York Times ● Jul. 8, 2011
She’s wearing black stockings although it’s summer, and sandals, although the sandals are not dainty women’s summer sandals, but thick- soled and artistic, with primitive peasant buckles.
From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood
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But instead of soling the clubhead as usual, set it in front of the ball.
From Golf Digest ● Feb. 8, 2018
"The boots want soling," cried the sick sailor in a deep voice.
From The House with the Mezzanine and Other Stories by Gilbert Cannan
Josephine cut recklessly into the rich dark cake that stood for her winter gloves or the soling and heeling of Constantia's only respectable shoes.
From The Garden Party and Other Stories by Katherine Mansfield
A friendly cobbler had taught him how to make boots and shoes, new soling and mending; and he once had the courage to suspend over his door the sign of a shoemaker's shop.
From Fifty-Two Stories For Girls by Alfred H. (Alfred Henry) Miles
If you know naught of soling, I understand nothing of sausages; you, who cut bad leather on the slant to make it look stout and deceive the country yokels.
From The Eleven Comedies, Volume 1 by Aristophanes
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