Sorrento
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Sorrento Therapeutics CEO Henry Ji lost his when the drugmaker filed for bankruptcy-court protection in 2023 after an arbitration award over a failed collaboration.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 17, 2026
Ciampa has lived in Sorrento, near Naples, most of her life with her extended family.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 19, 2025
Fanning out all around are several hundred pastel — and almost entirely empty — terraced buildings lining streets named Venice, Amalfi, Positano and Sorrento.
From New York Times • Oct. 25, 2023
But at the Hotel Sorrento, Seattle’s bookworms can, perhaps, step back in time for the night and enjoy both at once.
From Seattle Times • Oct. 23, 2023
Sorrento slowly turned his mech around and began to stomp back toward the castle.
From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline
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