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[sawrs, sohrs] / sɔrs, soʊrs /


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“It’s fraud on the source of that information.”

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 23, 2026

Today, rows of giant African snails crawl inside wooden pens in Adjoa, a coastal community where fishing families are testing the new source of income.

From Barron's Jul. 23, 2026

The couple worked with designer Tammy Price on the project—with Kimberly explaining that their first request for her was to source furniture that would work both inside and out.

From MarketWatch Jul. 23, 2026

Citing an unnamed official source at the Transport General Authority, it described the attack as a violation of international law.

From BBC Jul. 23, 2026

But the stories he told have been confirmed by other scholars and researchers and used by many historians as a source on Jefferson’s life ever since.

From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis

It said the protection of sources is "not for the benefit of the journalist personally", but for "the public interest" in receiving information from him.

From BBC Jul. 23, 2026

The sources of those illnesses have yet to be identified.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 22, 2026

The CPI estimate of legal costs had becoming increasingly “erratic” since it was last made publicly available in 2024, the BEA said, and the agency was unable to corroborate its findings via other sources.

From MarketWatch Jul. 22, 2026

Citing law enforcement sources, NBC4 reported that Fisher, under the alias Richard Graydon, worked as an executive at Immix Biopharma, a biotech pharmaceutical company in West Los Angeles.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 22, 2026

“Well,” Mr. Bonner goes on, “if the person feels as though they have enough information—names, dates, access to primary sources like newspapers and photographs—they can seek out some truth that way.”

From "Fast Pitch" by Nic Stone

The companies have said that the shredded lettuce, sourced in central Mexico, has been removed from the U.S. market.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 22, 2026

The agriculture company announced on Friday that it was voluntarily removing all iceberg lettuce from the US market sourced from central Mexico and issued a list of affected products.

From BBC Jul. 19, 2026

On its website, the company said it was voluntarily removing from the U.S. market all iceberg lettuce sourced from central Mexico.

From MarketWatch Jul. 18, 2026

Kaitlin Martin from Chainalysis said she detected payments to China-based drone vendors that were sourced from A7A5-to-stablecoin swaps.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 4, 2026

As Elisha sourced a crew and supplies for his upcoming Arctic expedition, “examining recruits, inventing cooking stoves, pricing rounds of beef,” he was often on the road.

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock

It’s easy to imagine Netflix sourcing TV shows and films made from all over the world, with less reliance on California.

From MarketWatch Jul. 14, 2026

They prioritised sourcing ingredients from local farmer and growing produce where they can.

From BBC Jul. 4, 2026

She said Mino has no issues sourcing the ingredients.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 23, 2026

During a production trip to Paris, she started sourcing pieces and collecting references that would eventually make their way into this season years later.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 20, 2026

Her people, of several shapes and sizes, sourcing from an amalgam of many human races of divergent strains from several near-forgotten planets, all sighed together, like a little wind of sadness.

From The Dark Goddess by Shaver, Richard Sharpe




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