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mantle

[man-tl] / ˈmæn tl /


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Wyle: They’re on the mantle at the moment, at home.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 6, 2026

The U.S. doesn’t have to cede the mantle.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 30, 2026

Because these elements respond in similar ways during melting, their chemical patterns can reveal what was happening inside the mantle.

From Science Daily Jul. 29, 2026

They show that repeated, water-assisted mantle melting strongly influences how much gold is carried upward by magma.

From Science Daily Jul. 29, 2026

Eumaeus welcomed the poor stranger, fed him well and lodged him for the night, giving him his own thick mantle to cover him.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton

To my knowledge, Carney’s creator is neither crook nor salesman, but Whitehead can lay claim to those other two mantles.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 20, 2026

He has shown an interest, perhaps un-Spurs-like, in seizing mantles like league MVP and being the future “face” of the sport.

From The Wall Street Journal May 14, 2026

“Uranus and Neptune have disordered magnetic fields because they produce these fields in a thin water-rich layer in their mantles while our Earth generates its magnetic field in the core,” Militzer said.

From Salon Dec. 1, 2024

Unlike most animals, whose eyes feature retinas that send images to the brain, scallops have mantles covered with hundreds of tiny blue dots, each of which contains a curved mirror at its back.

From Science Magazine Apr. 13, 2023

Then they wrapped them in warm purple mantles over fine tunics, and conducted them to the banquet hall.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton

Even as blue skies return, flood-weary farmers in the San Joaquin Valley have only to look east, to the towering Sierra mantled in snow, to know there is worse to come.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 24, 2023

Some farmers have learnt that mantled fruits soak up moisture and gain weight in the night time.

From Nature Mar. 14, 2017

Mateo has also studied golden mantled ground squirrels, which recognize kin but don't react in an obvious way.

From National Geographic Jul. 25, 2015

Chorizo is mantled with a parsley-heavy chimichurri and an unexpectedly nuanced aioli made with aji panca, a smoky-fruity Peruvian red pepper.

From New York Times Jun. 6, 2013

The red fires shone between it and the mantled shoulders vast and dark.

From "The Return of the King" by J.R.R. Tolkien

As he gobbled the bloody morsel, he spread his wings, fanned his tail and arched his body over the food — an instinct known as mantling, protecting the prey from other predators.

From New York Times Jan. 17, 2018

The hawklet then covered the entire meal with his wings, a behavior known as mantling, which hawks employ to hide their kills from other birds of prey who might be flying by.

From Washington Post Jun. 29, 2017

For some time she had experienced the sensation of clouds coming over her, mantling thought.

From New York Times Apr. 30, 2016

He saw the superb polish, the fresh padding, and the new mantling set behind.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White

He lifted the helm to his nose and sniffed the mantling.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White




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