bronze
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He won gold in the 100m butterfly here back in 2014, while he pocketed a bronze in the 50m, but he got a gold in that on the Gold Coast in 2018.
From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026
In 1996, Russia was awarded the silver medal and Romania, the bronze.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026
It decides who receives the bronze medals and who is officially fourth.
From BBC ● Jul. 18, 2026
Its dominant object, a bronze sculpture of the god Veiovis, dates to the first century A.D., after Etruscans became Roman citizens.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 18, 2026
One was to try and locate and possibly recover any bronze statues that might still lie hidden within or beneath the wreck.
From "Shipwrecked!" by Martin W. Sandler
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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’d racked up three silvers and two bronzes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 17, 2026
GB's only previous Olympic medals on snow were bronzes - for snowboarder Jenny Jones in 2014, and freestyle skier Izzy Atkin and snowboarder Billy Morgan four years later.
From BBC ● Feb. 15, 2026
The Chola bronzes, cast in the eleventh century, include several different incarnations of the god Shiva.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
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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
And then there are the newer versions — birds brined in buttermilk or their skins lacquered to glossy, bronzed perfection.
From Salon ● May 9, 2025
Earlier this year, Owens designed a suitcase for the brand with a bronzed exterior that required handmade pigment, making each suitcase unique.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 21, 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
Now she just leaned back and shouted out the answers, her bronzed arms folded across her chest like some great grammar genie.
From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris
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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
“He’s been applying his bronzing cream to his face. Cute couple. Look out, Melania, Trump’s got a new squeeze named Elonia Musk.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 14, 2024
The pangram from yesterday’s Spelling Bee was bronzing.
From New York Times ● Aug. 4, 2022
Already his face had grown haggard underneath the bronzing of his sea voyage.
From The Dominant Strain by Edwards, H. C. (Harry C.)
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