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So Ohtani may not be the sole cause for the possible downfall of the Dodgers dynasty, but he is the team’s soul.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026

In Illinois, a college senior found himself the sole breadwinner of his family after ICE arrested and detained his uncle.

From Slate ● Oct. 8, 2026

The first match of the multi-format women's Ashes series is the sole Test at Headingley in June – the only Test, men's or women's, staged north of Nottingham next summer.

From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026

Martinez requested sole legal and physical custody of Maceo.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026

And Olka had managed to get herself a job as a courier at the Eagle Pharmacy, the sole Polish-owned business that was permitted to stay open within the ghetto walls.

From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman

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

Often, brands make the soles even lighter by injecting gases such as nitrogen.

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

He was last seen wearing a quilted green-brown Barbour jacket over a beige woollen jumper, with navy chinos and brown leather trainers with white soles.

From BBC ● Mar. 2, 2026

He wanted to rest so badly, the soles of his feet on fire with pain, his heart raging, his head pounding.

From "Anger Is a Gift" by Mark Oshiro

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

Norman stood with his legs spread wide and his arms and legs stiff, the clubhead soled about a foot behind the ball.

From Golf Digest ● Oct. 16, 2013

Any thinly soled sneakers or comfortable workout shoes will do.

From New York Times ● Jul. 8, 2011

The robot rose erect smoothly and his thickly sponge-rubber soled feet made no noise as he followed Powell.

From "I, Robot" by Isaac Asimov

But instead of soling the clubhead as usual, set it in front of the ball.

From Golf Digest ● Feb. 8, 2018

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

Seldom does the cobbler take up with the new-fangled way of soling shoes, and seldom does the artisan willingly take up with new methods in his trade.

From My Life and Work by Henry Ford

I searched the pockets with repugnance and found a few papers, which smelled like the covers of ancient books, memoranda of miserable little transactions--threepence paid for soling shoes, twopence here, a penny there; nothing more.

From The Maid-At-Arms by Robert W. (Robert William) Chambers

Vat do you mean vid your bootless errands, and your soling and healing?

From The Fatal Boots by William Makepeace Thackeray