alabaster

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Her prom dreams inch closer as her lies begin to mount and her new alabaster skin starts peeling off at extremely inopportune moments.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 13, 2026

They include the alabaster monument to John, seventh earl of Arundel, a high-profile casualty of the Hundred Years’ War with France.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 11, 2026

The find included an enormous collection of artifacts, among them many exquisitely preserved Egyptian alabaster vessels that likely represented the finest available during Tutankhamen's reign, which last from 1,333 to 1,323 BCE.

From Science Daily • Dec. 18, 2025

The exterior is covered in hieroglyphs and translucent alabaster cut into triangles with a pyramid shaped entrance.

From BBC • Oct. 31, 2025

No lotus or twining marsh flower traced itself slowly upon an alabaster vase.

From "The Golden Goblet" by Eloise Jarvis McGraw