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The air quality management district said it has received more than 4,900 odor complaints related to the Lineage warehouse “reporting persistent rotten, sour and garbage-like odors.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 30, 2026

Canada is hiring dozens of researchers away from US universities, including top research institutions such as Harvard as its relationship with its neighbour continues to sour.

From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026

Analysts had expected a provision of C$780 million for the latest quarter to cover loans that may sour.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026

Pringles, Burger King all went with ultra-minimal redesigns, as if anyone would see Pringles as a forward-thinking tech company and not the perfect contraption to get sour cream–and–onion dust all over your hands.

From Slate ● Aug. 21, 2026

“I see,” Evergreen says with a sour expression.

From "The Manifestor Prophecy" by Angie Thomas

For the rest of us, however, inflation may leave a sourer taste.

From BBC ● Aug. 23, 2022

Pickle flavor hits all the right notes for people — especially those under 40 — who are looking for bigger, bolder, brighter and sourer flavors, food and beverage researchers said.

From New York Times ● Aug. 1, 2022

For the sour element, lime juice is the classic choice, but lemon, grapefruit, sourer oranges, or any other mouth-puckering, citrusy fruit you have on hand would work too.

From Slate ● May 22, 2020

Now three decades old, the unused vacuum cleaners still bristle with the glory of newness, though the sculpture's beatification of consumer commodities tastes even sourer in our more ecologically minded age.

From The Guardian ● Jun. 25, 2014

The envious Trix heard the commendations showered on her former friend, and her face grew sourer and her temper sharper.

From The Corner House Girls Under Canvas How they reached Pleasant Cove and what happened afterward by Grace Brooks Hill

"Has that not just left the sourest taste in the mouth at the end of this international summer? I'm dumbfounded," said England all-rounder Georgia Elwiss on BBC Test Match Special.

From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2022

Filipino cooking is among the world’s brightest, sweetest, sourest, and funkiest of world cuisines; by comparison, almost any other food seems bland.

From The New Yorker ● Dec. 19, 2018

I predict no Seattle starter makes it to the fourth inning from here on in, that the offense wilts like a dying daisy, and that the M’s end their season on the sourest of notes.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 21, 2017

"Morgans" does bear the distinction of boasting the sourest cast ever assembled outside of a Lars Von Trier production.

From Salon ● Dec. 18, 2009

“Yes, sir, I hear,” said the woman in her sourest tones; “but my man told me I was to stick to my patients, no matter what happened.”

From Fix Bay'nets The Regiment in the Hills by William H. C. Groome

As the mood of the nation sours on Silicon Valley’s vision for the future, Flock cameras and data centers have become persona non grata in several communities.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 2026

Everything reasonable from the first half quickly sours.

From Slate ● Jun. 18, 2026

The clatter of cutlery as an atmosphere sours over dinner.

From BBC ● Apr. 24, 2026

Renowned photographer Randy and his playwright husband Jack are vacationing on the Oregon coast, but their trip sours.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 3, 2026

The question sours in my mouth as he turns back to yanking the rest of the tattered plants.

From "Merci Suárez Changes Gears" by Meg Medina

The trial heard their friendship soured after an unsuccessful attempt by Dennis to sell a fake Rolex given to him by Oladipo.

From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026

The trading firm posted its worst month ever in July after bets at Leopold Aschenbrenner’s hedge fund soured.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 15, 2026

In his program notes, Everton CEO Angus Kinnear declared that he was "happily dissatisfied" with the campaign - an odd turn of phrase at a confusing moment that quickly soured after a 3-1 defeat.

From BBC ● Aug. 3, 2026

It first soured over a decade ago, during the tenure of athletic director Pat Haden.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2026

As the relationship between America and the Soviet Union soured overseas, more and more Americans tended to agree with him.

From "Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia" by Marc Favreau

Samsung Electronics stock had its worst day in three weeks on Monday as investors reacted to its shareholder-return plan, souring the mood for other memory-chip making rivals.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 24, 2026

Buffett said his decision to no longer give to the Gates Foundation wasn’t based on a souring of his relationship with Gates, or revelations relating to Gates’s ties with Jeffrey Epstein.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026

Many Americans are souring on the technology amid mass layoffs, data center sprawl, reports of chatbot-fueled attacks by unstable users and hacking tools that have panicked cybersecurity professionals.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 12, 2026

Each new alarm like this elicits anxieties and murmurs that souring private credit is about to become the new subprime mortgage crisis.

From Barron's ● May 30, 2026

He was on a roll and was about to say something else; but then, quite suddenly, he stopped, his face souring as if something unpleasant had occurred to him.

From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt