sour
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There are, of course, soups where acidity is built in earlier: Chinese hot-and-sour soups, borscht and various Eastern European sour soups all have their own traditions and techniques.
From Salon ● Oct. 5, 2026
While the process is far from over because Manchester City are expected to appeal, I have to say this verdict and the whole situation has left a very sour taste in my mouth.
From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2026
Just before everything came together, I folded in sour cream, infusing a bit of tang to balance the sweet.
From Salon ● Sep. 26, 2026
Social media influencer Yoatzi Castro was celebrating a friend’s birthday at Disneyland, snacking on churros and riding Buzz Lightyear Astro Blasters, when the celebratory mood turned sour.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 26, 2026
Leave it to our town to be named after a wild berry sour enough to change your outlook on life, with a pit the size of a cannonball.
From "Linked" by Gordon Korman
For the rest of us, however, inflation may leave a sourer taste.
From BBC ● Aug. 23, 2022
But in two self-portraits, featuring the artist cradling an old-time painter’s palette, you also sense a sourer side.
From New York Times ● Oct. 28, 2021
Compared with punchier, sourer, more cynical sitcoms—from All in the Family to Seinfeld to The Office—that found humor in humanity’s bad behavior, Friends was smiley and conflict-averse to the point of being featherweight.
From Slate ● Sep. 21, 2014
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
At the last word Mrs. Forbes pinched her lips together, and appeared older than her years and sourer than her normal temper.
From The Mission Of Mr. Eustace Greyne 1905 by Robert Smythe Hichens
"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
The sourest, meanest mouth in the history of portraiture.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 23, 2020
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
Perhaps the sourest note came from ABC with word that it’s canceling “Nashville” after four seasons.
From Seattle Times ● May 13, 2016
Black bread and onions, that was our dinner, washed down with the sourest vinegar, called wine forsooth, I ever tasted.
From The Dodd Family Abroad, Vol. II by Charles James Lever
Two journalists settled onto barstools beneath signs for pilsners and cherry sours.
From Salon ● Oct. 4, 2026
The positions are part of a monthslong wager designed to pay off if the hype around AI sours.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 1, 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
Jayden’s phone rings and his whole expression sours.
From "Amari and the Night Brothers" by B.B. Alston
As the first section of the media conference, which is allowed to be broadcast live, was ending, the mood soured.
From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026
The Navatek founder, Loui, had long since soured on his chosen successor.
From Salon ● Sep. 23, 2026
Although Americans initially supported these interventions, they soured on them many years before they ended.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026
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
Mom’s face soured as if she’d sucked on a hundred lemons.
From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas
The junk-bond market is also one of the best early signals of a souring economy, since low-rated borrowers feel stress first.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 29, 2026
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
Major U.S. tech names are reporting their earnings next week, which could potentially turn the souring mood around.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026
But it clearly shows that investors aren’t souring on South Korean chip companies just yet, even in the face of more volatility and AI-bubble fears.
From Barron's ● Jun. 24, 2026
On the other hand, because of their souring relationship, Megan had asked her mother not to come to her high school graduation.
From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel
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