Noun She is learning to fly and she flew her first solo yesterday. Adjective a student pilot's first solo flight She left the band last year and started a solo career. He just issued his first solo album. Verb The guitarist solos on practically every song. She soloed for the first time yesterday. See More
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Noun
Central State linebacker Jalil Lenore led all defenders with 12 tackles – eight solo. Marc Bona, cleveland, 4 Sep. 2022 Grohl said before Hawkins closed out the number with a hard-hitting drum solo. Christi Carras, Los Angeles Times, 4 Sep. 2022 True freshman Jaheim Oatis saw plenty of playing time in his debut, finishing with two tackles, one solo. Michael Casagrande | Mcasagrande@al.com, al, 4 Sep. 2022 Abreu broke the tie with his first home run, a solo shot over the right field wall to give Portland a 2-1 lead in the third inning.Hartford Courant, 28 Aug. 2022 Tavai emerged as a force on the defensive line last season, recording 47 tackles (23 solo), 14 tackles for a loss, 8 1/2 sacks and 11 quarterback hurries while starting all 14 games.San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Aug. 2022 Kix Brooks himself took harmonica duties on the trademark solo. Nancy Kruh, Peoplemag, 26 Aug. 2022 Adell hit a solo shot off lefty Kikcuhi in the seventh, and added a two-run blast off position player Whit Merrifield in the ninth. Wire Reports, BostonGlobe.com, 26 Aug. 2022 Because a mouse on LSD cannot tell you that colors seem brighter or the walls are melting or a guitar solo somehow sounds purple, these head twitches are of tremendous importance to chemist Jason Wallach.Wired, 28 July 2022
Adverb
Before going solo, Manolo Costa helped launch Paul Stuart’s Phineas Cole line and managed the Purple Label department at the Polo mansion. Eric Twardzik, Robb Report, 23 June 2022 After a rift with the ESA, the industry group that organizes and hosts the Electronic Entertainment Expo, or E3 — the closest analog to this week’s event — Keighley went solo, producing the Summer Game Fest. Mike Hume, Washington Post, 9 June 2022 ENHYPEN‘s Heeseung is taking a brief break from the group and going solo — but only for his most recent song cover. Starr Bowenbank, Billboard, 31 May 2022 Before going solo, Cabello was a member of the girl group Fifth Harmony, which was formed in 2012 on X Factor; Cabello left the group in 2016 and Fifth Harmony broke up in 2018. Glenn Garner, PEOPLE.com, 10 Apr. 2022 This is Josh Tillman, who drummed for Fleet Foxes, went solo, and made a concept album about his life in 2015. Angie Martoccio, Rolling Stone, 8 Apr. 2022 Born in Atchison, Kansas in 1897, Earhart is best known as the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic. Jane Recker, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 July 2022 Skunk and Bull performed solo on Wednesday, as well as with professional singers for the competition's first duets. Erin Jensen, USA TODAY, 2 Dec. 2021 For the recent streaming show, however, Crow performed strictly solo — other than for one number when joined by guitarist friend Audley Freed. David L. Coddon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 June 2021
Adjective
Pack a picnic and catch an outdoor performance from the Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter, who has been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as both a solo artist and a member of Fleetwood Mac. Samantha Nelson, Chicago Tribune, 9 Sep. 2022 Beck is a rock guitarist who rose to fame in the 1960s with the Yardbirds and later gained acclaim as a solo artist. Claire Rafford, The Indianapolis Star, 2 Sep. 2022 Mable John, the first female solo artist signed to Motown (then Tamla) Records, a Stax singer and longtime Ray Charles collaborator, has died at the age of 91. Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone, 27 Aug. 2022 In 2019, Nicks became the first female two-time Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee, having been enshrined previously with Fleetwood Mac and then as a solo artist. Matt Wake | Mwake@al.com, al, 22 Aug. 2022 That means grappling with being by herself, both in her personal life and as a solo artist. Palak Jayswal, The Salt Lake Tribune, 14 Aug. 2022 Turner broke the record for having sold more concert tickets than any other solo artist in the world after her 1988 Rio De Janeiro concert.cleveland, 13 Aug. 2022 Bluegrass-music queen Krauss, a 27-time Grammy Award-winner, and Plant, the co-founder of Led Zeppelin and veteran solo artist, kick off the third leg of their 2022 concert tour Monday in San Diego. George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Aug. 2022 Dozier was gentle-natured but ambitious, heading to Los Angeles in 1973 to pursue a career as a solo artist. Brian Mccollum, Detroit Free Press, 10 Aug. 2022
Verb
Three-Eight Charlie is the story of Jerrie Mock’s record-setting flight as the first woman to solo around the world in 1964 in a single-engine Cessna 180. Lucia Cheng, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 Aug. 2022 Richard Lin, who won the 2018 gold medal in the International Violin Competition of Indianapolis, will solo. Domenica Bongiovanni, The Indianapolis Star, 26 Aug. 2021 Richard Lin, who won the 2018 gold media in the International Violin Competition of Indianapolis, will solo. Domenica Bongiovanni, The Indianapolis Star, 13 July 2021 Saturday brought them to Hilbert Circle Theatre to solo with the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra under the baton of conductor Gerard Schwarz. Domenica Bongiovanni, The Indianapolis Star, 28 June 2021 Airbnb has a whole host of online experiences, from cooking classes with virtual chefs to solo scavenger hunts that can be done in your own living room. Anna Borges, SELF, 22 Oct. 2020 Still, the program is less financially friendly to solo ticket buyers or couples. James Hibberd, EW.com, 24 Sep. 2020 There was a big portfolio of issues that solo workers face that not many of us knew how to deal with, or how to access support for, if indeed support existed. Katherine Dunn, Fortune, 26 May 2020 There have been a few previous studies looking at affective feelings in different contexts, including one by Arturo Casado, a former world-class miler from Spain, that compared group to solo running in interval workouts. Alex Hutchinson, Outside Online, 26 Apr. 2020 See More