Sorrento
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noun
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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 had custody of the child, Ethan, and was raising him in her Sorrento home with two of her other children and her extended family, though Nichols had regular morning visits, according to court testimony.
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
Alex Rodriguez, Ken Griffey Jr., Edgar Martinez and Paul Sorrento all homered in the third inning against Oakland at the Kingdome on Sept. 21, 1996.
From Seattle Times • Aug. 15, 2023
Then Sorrento opened its mouth, and a cascading bolt of blue lightning shot outward from the mech’s open maw.
From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline
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