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crystal

[kris-tl] / ˈkrɪs tl /


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I always end up picking up a crystal too.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 24, 2026

What makes you think you have a better crystal ball than full-time traders with collectively trillions of dollars at stake?

From MarketWatch Jul. 15, 2026

Caretakers later had to trade bananas and yogurt to persuade the chimpanzees to return the crystal.

From Science Daily Jul. 15, 2026

One chimpanzee, Yvan, eventually picked up the crystal and deliberately carried it back to the dormitories.

From Science Daily Jul. 15, 2026

“This is enough for tonight. Come, before they wake up,” it said, and then held the white quartz crystal close to its mouth.

From "Healer of the Water Monster" by Brian Young

There's a child-like quality to festival make-up, he says, so embrace it - think playful colour and crystals.

From BBC Jul. 30, 2026

Nearby, a handmade chandelier by artist Helen Stickler, decorated with vintage Swarovski crystals and beads, adds to what Weger describes as her “Candyland vibe.”

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 27, 2026

Bring on the crystals and woo-woo singing bowls.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 26, 2026

A second experiment tested whether the chimpanzees could recognize smaller quartz crystals similar in size to those collected by ancient hominins.

From Science Daily Jul. 15, 2026

Sugar crystals sparkle under the orange glow of the flame.

From "The Sky at Our Feet" by Nadia Hashimi

A shining god raised me, and bade my fears Be flown, and I beheld the glorious throne Of crystaled light; with rays by man unknown.

From Babylonian and Assyrian Literature by Anonymous

“The house was crystalled out,” she told Vogue, but she didn’t want visitors to think she was a “crystal person”.

From The Guardian Jun. 16, 2019

Then two drops of crystalled dew From the hyacinth’s deep hue, Brought she for thine eyes of blue; And lest they should miss the sun, Bade thy soul to shine thereon.

From Knickerbocker, or New-York Monthly Magazine, March 1844 Volume 23, Number 3 by Clark, Lewis Gaylord

The frozen moisture of its breathing had settled on its fur in a fine powder of frost, and especially were its jowls, muzzle, and eyelashes whitened by its crystalled breath. 

From Lost Face by London, Jack

She imagined that across these richly carved entrance-ways, where the globed and crystalled lamps shone upon paneled doors set with stained and designed panes of glass, was neither care nor unsatisfied desire.

From Sister Carrie by Dreiser, Theodore

She imagined that across these richly carved entrance-ways, where the globed and crystalled lamps shone upon panelled doors set with stained and designed panes of glass, was neither care nor unsatisfied desire.

From Sister Carrie: a Novel by Dreiser, Theodore




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