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  • adjective That has become, or has been made sour.
  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of sour.

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  • adjective having turned bad

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Examples

  • The album's release was postponed many times over the next two years as relations between the rappers and their new label soured, culminating in a lawsuit (later settled out of court) in which the Clipse sought to leave Jive.

    Entertainment Weekly's Hollywood Insider 2009

  • The album's release was postponed many times over the next two years as relations between the rappers and their new label soured, culminating in a lawsuit (later settled out of court) in which the Clipse sought to leave Jive.

    Entertainment Weekly's Hollywood Insider 2009

  • Regions said it added $1 billion in soured loans to the portfolio it sold or intends to sell.

    Financial Briefing Book: Oct. 27 2010

  • Regions said it added $1 billion in soured loans to the portfolio it sold or intends to sell.

    Regions Financial Loss Narrows Matthias Rieker 2010

  • Epstein, a Fairfax County native who became an activist after she lost her job and became unable to pay her mortgage, launched a grass-roots movement against the country's largest banks, which are facing the prospects of billions of dollars in soured loans and legal expenses.

    Group peered between the lines on foreclosures Ariana Eunjung Cha 2010

  • Epstein, a Fairfax County native who became an activist after she lost her job and became unable to pay her mortgage, launched a grass-roots movement against the country's largest banks, which are facing the prospects of billions of dollars in soured loans and legal expenses.

    Florida activists read between the lines on foreclosure paperwork Ariana Eunjung Cha 2010

  • As The Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday, institutional investors led by BlackRock Inc. and Allianz SE's Pacific Investment Management Co., or Pimco, are asking Bank of America Corp. to repurchase or "put back" as much as $16.5 billion in soured mortgage-backed securities.

    A Tangled Mortgage Mess David Weidner 2010

  • Epstein, a Fairfax County native who became an activist after she lost her job and became unable to pay her mortgage, launched a grass-roots movement against the country's largest banks, which are facing the prospects of billions of dollars in soured loans and legal expenses.

    Florida activists read between the lines on foreclosure paperwork Ariana Eunjung Cha 2010

  • His expression soured, as though he'd remembered something unpleasant.

    Analog Science Fiction and Fact 2004

  • Jeeter was amused by their expressions, though his expression soured quickly.

    The I Inside Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 1984

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