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mantle

[man-tl] / ˈmæn tl /


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This is Metcalf’s third win in less than a decade, and was not a surprise as she has inherited “Helen Hayes’ mantle of First Lady of the American Theater,” according to McNulty.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2026

And on Sunday, Germany’s Alexander Zverev finally shook the mantle of being the best active tennis player never to win a Grand Slam tournament.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 7, 2026

In a separate study published in The Seismic Record, researchers described the Maeser earthquake as an "archetypal continental mantle event."

From Science Daily • Jun. 3, 2026

He took up the mantle of civic engagement, as well, but he did it on a Texas-sized scale.

From Salon • May 23, 2026

The room had grown quiet, and I could hear the clock on the fireplace mantle quietly mark the passing of time.

From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan




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