marbles
Example Sentences
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He then sold the marbles to the British government, who then displayed them in the British Museum.
From BBC
In a gambling setting, if you have a better than 50% chance, it makes sense to put all your marbles in there and in the end, in the long run, it’ll work out.
From Seattle Times
It flicked aside cars, trucks and even a lumbering cruise ship like so many marbles.
From Los Angeles Times
Nicole's trick is to look for things which are smoothed, and she finds some of the marbles which were used as stoppers in carbonated drinks bottles.
From BBC
Michelangelo’s marbles in the Medici Chapel were looking dingy, so a team of art restorers decided to smear some bacteria on the situation.
From The Verge
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.