mantel
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On the fireplace mantel is a hot-dog candle, which matches the hot-dog vase in the kitchen, both of which go nicely with her “In My Hot Dog Era” T-shirt.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 20, 2026
He has added gold trim to the crown molding, smothered the walls with gold-framed artworks and gold-painted embellishments, placed inch-thick gold coasters on the desk, and lined up gold urns on the mantel.
From Slate ● Jun. 11, 2026
It’s for the mantel, for our boys,’” Song revealed.
From MarketWatch ● Mar. 2, 2026
Phil to take the mantel of the storied New York Philharmonic, his Mahler is neither overly exuberant nor constrained by grief and Berliner decorum.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 17, 2025
I heard the refrigerator hum, a poink poink from the shower dripping, the ticking that comes from the old clock on the mantel whose time is always wrong unless I remember to wind it.
From "The Thing About Jellyfish" by Ali Benjamin
The company’s clocks could once be found on Navy battleships during World War II, and adorned mantels, walls and desks at the White House for presidents ranging from Dwight Eisenhower to Joe Biden.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2025
In his travels, Tocqueville saw pieces of the famous Plymouth Rock all over: used as doorstops, as paperweights, set in the centers of mantels like the mandibles of sainted martyrs.
From Slate ● Nov. 28, 2024
Bertie had envisioned a French château in an ornate style, with elaborate exterior decoration and richly carved paneling and fireplace mantels in the major rooms of the main floor.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 14, 2023
That’s because behind the weird, haphazardly constructed interior walls of the SRO and the mutilations of the religious group, were delicately carved wooden mantels and fire surrounds made from marble and onyx.
From New York Times ● Dec. 29, 2021
More than the hand-painted blue tiles in the kitchen or the mantels laden with potted tulips, this workshop was a testimony to Hoede’s wealth.
From "Six of Crows" by Leigh Bardugo
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