Recent Examples on the WebBut the stock market kicked off the second quarter last week on a sour note.—Bryan Mena, CNN, 7 Apr. 2024 Donald Trump obviously left office on a sour note in January 2021, written off by many opinion-makers and political professionals.—Rich Lowry, National Review, 5 Mar. 2024 Musk, who had been on OpenAI’s board, left on a sour note in 2018 after a power struggle.—Steve Mollman, Fortune, 9 Dec. 2023 But was convinced by his coaches and didn’t want to officially end his prep career on a sour note.—Josh Reed, Anchorage Daily News, 1 Aug. 2023 Heather Rae El Moussa Calls ‘Selling Sunset’ Costars Chrishell Stause and Emma Hernan the ‘Dream Team’ Their relationship left off on a sour note at the end of season 6 and the two are currently still heated about the feud.—Natalia Senanayake, Peoplemag, 30 May 2023 Heather Rae El Moussa Calls ‘Selling Sunset’ Costars Chrishell Stause and Emma Hernan the ‘Dream Team’ Their relationship left off on a sour note at the end of season 6 and the two are currently still heated about the feud.—Natalia Senanayake, Peoplemag, 30 May 2023 But Miami’s 2022 season ended on a sour note with a blowout home loss to Pittsburgh.—Adam Lichtenstein, Sun Sentinel, 13 Apr. 2023 Solana is ending the year on a sour note after plunging more than 94% so far in 2022, according to CoinDesk data.—Vicky Ge Huang, WSJ, 30 Dec. 2022
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