bronze
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In the distance was a bronze statue of Louis XIV on a rearing horse in the majestic Place des Victoires, its stone pedestal stained by protesters’ splashes of red paint.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026
Clay was used for utilitarian objects such as pottery; roughing out ideas for larger sculptures; and modeling at full size monumental works to be cast in bronze.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026
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
She represented England at six World Cups, winning a silver and three bronze medals, and was part of the Roses side that won Commonwealth gold in 2018.
From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026
Aras had said that within the wreck he had seen a number of large copper ingots and that he had actually recovered a bronze knife.
From "Shipwrecked!" by Martin W. Sandler
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Though the central Italian city is best known for its Renaissance paintings, the Frick Collection presents an astonishing collection of Sienese bronzes from the same period.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2026
We encounter paintings on canvas and on copper; bronzes, terracottas and an impressive ivory; dispassionate portraits, intimate sketches and pitiless caricatures.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 29, 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
Russia topped the medal table with 13 golds, 13 silvers and seven bronzes, while Mexico and Mongolia competed at a Winter Paralympics for the first time.
From BBC ● Mar. 4, 2026
There were paintings, bronzes, tapestries, all beautifully arranged.
From "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison
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Not far away, Yount was bronzed mid-swing as a statue.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 25, 2026
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
Ser Addam dropped to one knee, a rangy man with dark copper hair that fell to his shoulders, armored in burnished bronzed steel with the fiery tree of his House etched black on his breastplate.
From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin
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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
Upon one occasion, while bronzing a piece of rubber cloth, he applied aqua fortis to it for the purpose of removing part of the bronze.
From Inventors by Philip Gengembre Hubert
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