• In the 30-odd soccer-loving localities she visited, in countries from South Africa to Ivory Coast, balls are spun into being with whatever's at hand: rag or sock, tire or bark, plastic bag or inflated condom.

    CNN: In rural Africa, soccer lovers craft joy

  • Mr Duggan's fingerprints were found on the shoebox allegedly used to carry the gun, but neither his prints nor his DNA were found on the gun itself or the sock.

    BBC: London

  • How can this be worse than sleeping on top of her parents' graves, saying Kaddish so many times the words ran together like nonsense, worse than sitting for days by the Pripiat River, watching for a little sock or Sophie's blue petticoat, sitting in the mud in only a nightgown and blanket, until the weather changed and Mariam came with the flier for America?

    NPR: Excerpt: 'Away'

  • That ratio has collapsed from 17 early last year to around 9--meaning that money sits in a sock drawer or a bank account for about twice as long as it once did before being put to use.

    FORBES: Spend That Cash

  • Mr. BAKER: Generally, the biggest difference is the closing of the toes or the seaming of the sock.

    NPR: Alabama Town Questions an Economy of Socks

  • More than a fourth of the founders of the Forbes 200 Best Small Companies sock away stock in trusts or family partnerships and limited liability companies designed to benefit their heirs.

    FORBES: It's Never Too Early

  • And so I would try to just get through ball of sock to try to even them out or I would just stay away from the crowd.

    NPR: Battling Back from Breast Cancer

  • Most American sock exhibitionists, on the other hand (or foot, as the case may be), look like victims of holiday office-party gift exchanges.

    WSJ: Men's Sock Options��Beyond Stripes

  • For early boomers with exposure to the downturn (that is having two of these assets: housing equity, a 401(k) plan or an Individual Retirement Account), they need to sock away a median 7% more of their compensation each year, including raises, until they reach 65, says Jack VanDerhei, research director of the Employee Benefits Research Institute in Washington, D.

    FORBES: Savings Crisis For Some Early Boomers

  • Baker tells me he can make a sock core just as cheaply as anyone in China or Honduras - the machine costs the same, so does the yarn, there's hardly any labor.

    NPR: Alabama Town Questions an Economy of Socks

  • It's simple, it just costs more to seam a sock in the U.S. than it does in China or Honduras.

    NPR: Alabama Town Questions an Economy of Socks

  • They're all Millar, claims Neville, who has accused his rival of sock puppeting - when authors take on pseudonyms to laud their own books in online reviews or to do down the opposition.

    BBC: NI crime writers Stuart Neville and Sam Millar clash

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