bronze
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But now, I seriously doubted anyone was going to hand me a bronze statue for the way I yelled at my kids for not finishing their chicken nuggets.
From Salon ● Sep. 26, 2026
The theft prompted the city’s Police Department to warn residents that bronze pilfering was a “growing concern” across Southern California and urge community members to report suspicious activity.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026
That same night, roughly seven miles away, several bronze plaques were stripped from a brick wall welcoming visitors to the historic district of Old Towne Orange.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026
But Backstedt made her battle hard on a long, winding, technical course to secure just the third British medal in the discipline, with Emma Pooley taking gold in 2010 and bronze a year later.
From BBC ● Sep. 20, 2026
Amidships, Piper and Hazel practiced their swordplay, gold and bronze blades ringing in the night.
From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan
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Our critic noted “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 ● Sep. 6, 2026
Overall, Manaudou won six Olympic medals across four appearances at the Games, with three silvers and two bronzes in addition to his gold.
From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026
And compared with the bronzes, the plasters are especially sensitive, fragile—you’re drawn to protect them, but any touch seems like it would be too much for these waifish bodies.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 19, 2026
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
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
We wanted pasta that stretched and sighed, casseroles that arrived bubbling and bronzed, soups that tasted like something rescued from memory and improved by adulthood.
From Salon ● Dec. 18, 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
And then there are the newer versions — birds brined in buttermilk or their skins lacquered to glossy, bronzed perfection.
From Salon ● May 9, 2025
How I could lose myself for hours watching the way the sunlight teased the contours of his high cheekbones and bronzed his rebellious curls.
From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros
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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
Already his face had grown haggard underneath the bronzing of his sea voyage.
From The Dominant Strain by H. C. (Harry C.) Edwards
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