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jewel

[joo-uhl] / ˈdʒu əl /




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"Chalk streams should be the jewel in the crown of our waterways; a unique, internationally rare habitat we are lucky to have on our doorstep, and we should be proud of," she added.

From BBC Jul. 24, 2026

“Remake” is McElwee’s first film in 15 years, appearing like a jewel out of a mountain of life’s rubble.

From Salon Jul. 24, 2026

The “crown jewel of their network,” Ms. Crabapple writes, was the Medem Sanatorium, a children’s resort opened in the woods near Warsaw in 1926.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 14, 2026

New reads abound for your vacation tote throughout the weeks of July, with fiction picks featuring a Carnival cruise casualty, a highly entertaining jewel heist at the Waldorf-Astoria, and a Soviet-era madcap adventure.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 2, 2026

“The crown jewel from the train car princess,” I whispered, smiling.

From "Between Shades of Gray" by Ruta Sepetys

That Yale is willing to risk these jewels in her crown speaks volumes about the terrible power of the proposed OMB regulation.

From Slate Jul. 30, 2026

Zapatero's spokesman, Luis Arroyo, said "he will provide explanations before the judge" in relation to the jewels.

From BBC Jun. 12, 2026

Still, the Mount Olympus property, which was originally built in 1980, was certainly one of the jewels in that crown.

From MarketWatch Jun. 9, 2026

Discovery has long been considered one of the crown jewels of the Air & Space Museum’s historic fleet, having flown missions regularly between 1984 and 2011.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 3, 2026

Their light dances on the jewels and piles of gold, making the treasure that much more enticing.

From "Challenger Deep" by Neal Shusterman

A stunning jeweled dagger hilt and scabbard from Jahangir’s reign incorporate more than 2,000 diamonds, rubies and emeralds set in an intricate pattern in gold.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 11, 2026

Buddz went for a grouping of jeweled brooches.

From Seattle Times Feb. 4, 2024

Iranian-style jewelry studded with jade and other precious stones were popular during the Ottoman period, and Joyce may have applied his newfound skills to crafting rings, earrings, necklaces, and intricate jeweled turban aigrettes.

From National Geographic Jan. 11, 2024

It is girded with jewels and topped with a jeweled cross to show Jesus’ dominion over the world.

From Los Angeles Times May 3, 2023

They seemed to form the shape of a great jeweled cup.

From "Beowulf: A New Telling" by Robert Nye

And at night, when the ticky-tacky disappears and the jeweling lights go on, the happy, hoppy daydream becomes a garden of visual delight.

From Time Magazine Archive

She will miss this glorious light warming the inside of her skin and jeweling the trees, the grass, the lily pond beyond the hedge.

From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez

There is no jeweling in the escapement or on the other end of the balance staff.

From The Auburndale Watch Company First American Attempt Toward the Dollar Watch by Battison, Edwin A.

We would not advise jeweling the pivot holes, because there is but slight friction, except to the foot of the balance pivot, which should be jeweled with a plano-convex garnet.

From Watch and Clock Escapements A Complete Study in Theory and Practice of the Lever, Cylinder and Chronometer Escapements, Together with a Brief Account of the Origin and Evolution of the Escapement in Horology by Anonymous

Evidently the blossoms had just been gathered, for the raindrops of the previous night still sparkled among their petals, jeweling with brilliancy their kaleidoscopic riot of color.

From The Wall Between by Bassett, Sara Ware

"I wanted to see whether, when you strip away the usual Chanel signatures - the tweed, the jewelled buttons - you can still get to that essence," he told WWD.

From BBC Jan. 29, 2026

In a vast, dimly lit main hall spanning four levels, visitors gazed at chariots, household items, jewelled ornaments and, at the centre, Tutankhamun's iconic golden mask.

From Barron's Nov. 4, 2025

When she swapped it much later for the jewelled Sword of Offering, the nation breathed a sigh of relief.

From BBC May 7, 2023

Both men remain in Macau prison, a far cry from the jewelled opulence of the VIP parlours they once presided over.

From Reuters Sep. 19, 2022

One morning, so early that the dew still jewelled the grass and the clamour of the tannery had not yet begun, I went out on my errand.

From "Nectar in a Sieve" by Kamala Markandaya

She paused a moment, looking up at the wooded hill-top, which the sun was jewelling in silver.

From Other Things Being Equal by Wolf, Emma

So we stroll and look at the shops, at the filigree gold jewelling of the peasants, at a good bookshop.

From Sea and Sardinia by Lawrence, D. H. (David Herbert)

Her light had not yet reached the harbor, the further side of which was shadowy and suggestive, with dim coves and rich glooms and jewelling lights.

From Anne's House of Dreams by Montgomery, L. M. (Lucy Maud)

Store sufficient of raiment is all she need have, and such jewelling as it shall please you to bestow on her.

From The White Lady of Hazelwood A Tale of the Fourteenth Century by Rainey, W. (William)

Dew jewelling the grasses in the fields, the chatter of birds among the trees, a sparkling freshness in the air, and before me the road, running white into the gold of the rising sun.

From The Courtship of Morrice Buckler A Romance by Mason, A. E. W. (Alfred Edward Woodley)




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