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Ms. Jeppson, who says that the videos are her sole source of income, defends them as necessary: “It’s not just to put my kids in harm’s way. I have to do this.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 5, 2026

He described the mountain as a place he "loves" because it was where he and others have been able to come together with the sole purpose of getting to the top.

From BBC • Apr. 4, 2026

For some EMS is their sole workout, for others it fits into a broader fitness regimen.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026

The Philippines' sole oil refinery has secured nearly 2.5 million barrels of Russian crude out of "extreme necessity", a stock exchange filing revealed Monday, as the country seeks to replenish fast-dwindling fuel reserves.

From Barron's • Mar. 30, 2026

It was as if the trees couldn’t wait to fall over, as if their sole purpose in the universal scheme of things was to grow big enough to topple with a really good, splintering crash.

From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson