bronze
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Another important discovery followed in 2022, when archaeologists identified nearby burials of elite craftspeople accompanied by gold, silver, and bronze tools.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 18, 2026
His injury record improved significantly last season, allowing him to play a prominent role in England's World Cup campaign, during which they reached the semi-finals before winning the bronze medal match.
From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2026
The program identifies its cast of 15 as “Mother,” “Offspring,” “Community” and “Fledglings,” all costumed by Viktor&Rolf in mostly glossy unitards that range from hues of burnished gold to polished bronze.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026
A life-size bronze statue of California’s first Kentucky Derby winner was stolen last week from a road median in north Sacramento.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 4, 2026
It was bronze and heavy, with intricate carvings, and Seven was pretty sure it was at least two hundred years old.
From "Witchlings" by Claribel A. Ortega
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This is the largest presentation of Giacometti’s plaster sculptures in the U.S.—and for those who know only his bronzes, a few of which are included in the show, it is revelatory.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 19, 2026
These are paired with the organic wooden sculptures of Claudia Comte, the curvaceous surfaces of which echo the lively plants of Matisse’s cut-outs, and touching bronzes by Geles Cabrera.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 14, 2026
She won a silver and two bronzes at the 2019 Worlds before retiring in 2021.
From BBC ● Mar. 4, 2026
And they spend millions of dollars on things like rare books and Chinese bronzes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 11, 2026
After that, nobody came or asked anything else about the bronzes for a while, and his brother built his well and life went on.
From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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She has shared a before-and-after with her 59,000 followers: Her face, once splotchy with some acne scarring, is now clear, bronzed and glowing.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 22, 2026
Effective public health messaging – which has drilled "Slip, Slop, Slap" into their heads – competes with a beauty culture which often idolises bronzed skin.
From BBC ● Sep. 5, 2025
She posted images of city workers prying out the two figures from the bench and the bronzed Castro and Guevara being ignominiously hauled away in a bulldozer.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2025
She’d top it with a blizzard of shredded mozzarella from the Food Lion and slide the whole thing into the oven until it emerged bubbling and bronzed.
From Salon ● Apr. 7, 2025
He was tall and lanky with a bronzed, sharp-boned face; his green eyes were twinkly, like he’d just gotten a joke someone had told him earlier.
From "Beauty Queens" by Libba Bray
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“They’ve had a curated set of items that they’ve gone after, so whether that be in blushes or in lips or in highlighter or bronzing categories, they’re seeing strength across the board,” Fields said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026
Not long ago, the “Mar-a-Lago face” seemed inescapable — a viral shorthand for an exaggerated cosmetic aesthetic marked by heavy bronzing, sharply sculpted cheeks, overly plumped lips and high-gloss polish.
From Salon ● Jan. 10, 2026
Bahder, whose expertise traditionally involves detecting lethal bronzing in palm trees, explained that the fundamental process of molecular testing is similar across different organisms, with the main difference being the DNA sequence.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 22, 2024
Hyposecretion of the corticosteroids can cause Addison’s disease, which may result in bronzing of the skin, hypoglycemia, and low electrolyte levels in the blood.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022
He was fat and squat and had not the rich bronzing of wind, sun, and rain.
From Judith of the Plains by Marie Manning
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