bronze
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Edinburgh native Kerr has won medals representing Great Britain at both the Olympics - picking up bronze in 2020 and silver in 2024 - and World Championships, having taken gold in 2023.
From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2026
A local sculptor even transformed it into a large bronze over 18 months at Lucas’ request.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026
The experienced 34-year-old - a 2016 Olympic bronze medallist - has a record of 20 wins and one defeat, with 15 victories inside the distance.
From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2026
Nearly 750,000 people voted on whether to move a nearly 40-foot-tall bronze statue of Alexander Pushkin—considered one of the country’s greatest poets.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
He wore his bronze eyeshades as he marched, probably to avoid eye contact with his fellow travelers for a while.
From "The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams" by Daniel Nayeri
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Small bronzes, made in Italy, are like three-dimensional versions of line drawings.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026
In a clever piece of installation design, shelves built around the screen bring the painting’s illusions to life, displaying real bronzes, porcelains, texts and scholarly objects from Lee’s collection—modern curation fulfilling classical cultural capital.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 6, 2026
She won a silver and two bronzes at the 2019 Worlds before retiring in 2021.
From BBC ● Mar. 4, 2026
The 41-year-old mother had won silver and bronzes at the past four Winter Games and wondered if her best shot at becoming an Olympic champion was behind her.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 23, 2026
Although Richard had read about how the bronzes were found, he asked the question anyway.
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
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
Not me—like Juanita I was big boned, darkly bronzed from being out in the sun every day, and homely as a gingersnap.
From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall
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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
“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
Sunset, bronzing the observatory of Niss'rosh, on top of the huge skyscraper.
From The Flying Legion by George Allan England
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