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marble

[mahr-buhl] / ˈmɑr bəl /
ADJECTIVE
of or like marble
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When the cow died, Granma published her obituary on its front page, and a marble statue of her was erected.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 13, 2026

It features floor-to-ceiling windows, which frame the majestic views, as well as a cozy marble fireplace and vaulted ceiling.

From MarketWatch Aug. 12, 2026

Visitors can trade $5 for a small black sphinx, a replica of sculptor Lee Lawrie’s Belgian black marble and bronze sphinxes that flank the north staircase on the library’s second floor.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 10, 2026

The president has weighed in on paving stones, marble, flagpoles and other aesthetic details around the White House as he reshapes the presidential grounds.

From Salon Aug. 9, 2026

Behind her, a white marble chair had appeared where there previously had been none.

From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny

Houdon’s marbles of Jefferson and Washington have had monumental afterlives, impacting depictions of presidents from the Lincoln Memorial to Mount Rushmore.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 12, 2026

But Lee marbles other theories and indictments into his meat concerning the privilege of extreme emotion and behavioral honesty.

From Salon Apr. 23, 2026

In the tests, the team dropped marbles into sand that contained scattered pieces of painted gravel representing boulders on Dimorphos.

From Science Daily Mar. 8, 2026

If the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over, and expecting different results, England have collectively lost their marbles and their wickets.

From BBC Dec. 7, 2025

His eyes were liquid black marbles, and his voice was a rumble from beneath the world.

From "American Gods" by Neil Gaiman

The site was home to scarce plants including pyramidal and bee orchids, and a rare colony of marbled white butterflies that had relied on common knapweed and red fescue.

From BBC Aug. 8, 2026

"When a dam blocks stream passage, threatened and endangered salmon suffer; when forests with nesting trees for marbled murrelets are logged, threatened murrelets slide closer to extinction," the complaint said.

From Barron's Jul. 14, 2026

Then she’s back, her scarlet blazer and marbled scarf bright against the white walls.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 29, 2026

So said Pope Leo XIV to ambassadors from around the world in a marbled hall above the main entrance to St. Peter’s Basilica in January.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 21, 2026

The parking lot itself was nothing but a square of cracked asphalt, marbled with weeds.

From "The Son of Neptune" by Rick Riordan

Turkey's home strip features a marbled pattern, inspired by the Turkish paper marbling art of Ebru.

From BBC Apr. 22, 2026

This heritage breed is prized for its marbling, tenderness, and genuinely great flavor.

From Salon Dec. 4, 2025

Does it require attention to marbling and dry aging?

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 31, 2025

In 2021, the Nervous System duo struck up a collaboration with Amanda Ghassaei, an artist and engineer who had built an interactive physics-based paper marbling simulator powered by fluid dynamics and mathematics.

From New York Times Dec. 9, 2022

“Now we will add the cocoa to the rest of the batter and swirl it all around. That’s the marbling part. Maybe you want to do that?”

From "Louisiana's Way Home" by Kate DiCamillo




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