marble

Local artists, with easy access to Carrara marble quarried just down the coast, created thousands of sculpted scenes that by turns commemorate, re-create or just refer to the dead in towering dioramas.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 23, 2026

The designer Maruti Evans illustrates the contrast effectively, the icy marble and barren trees of Sicilia transformed into a riot of colorful flora.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 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

“If we take a bite of that apple of knowledge, is that what’s going to kick us out of this blue marble of Eden … that we call Earth?”

From Salon ● Aug. 3, 2026

She removed her tiara and placed it on the head of the gold-leafed marble cherub that served as one of the bedposts.

From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood

To confirm he still has his marbles, he was asked to draw a clock face displaying the time 10 minutes after 11.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 11, 2026

If two marbles are painted different colors, for example, you can track which one moved where.

From Science Daily ● May 9, 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

She added: "He watches a lot of YouTube videos with marble races where countries are represented by marbles... He just learnt them all from that and a book we've got."

From BBC ● Mar. 24, 2026

Now, lots of thoughts scattered around my head just then, spilling here and there like marbles from a bag: it was well past midnight.

From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan

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

A report from Earthjustice estimates that expanded oil drilling in California could threaten five marine species including humpback whales, sea otters, leatherback sea turtles, marbled murrelets and wild salmon.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 11, 2026

A travel set of marbled beard and mustache combs that’s as handsome as dad himself.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026

That show’s Library was a monumental edifice, with towering marbled halls and tinkling fountains, like the lobby of some five-star hotel.

From "Circumference" by Nicholas Nicastro

“A5 Wagyu has more fat, which you see from the marbling inside. That’s what determines the highest grade.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 22, 2026

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

From BBC ● Apr. 22, 2026

All of these pieces have dramatic warps, waves, marbling and imperfections that make them unique and add to their beauty and history.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 8, 2026

The psychedelic swirls of the marbling infinity puzzles might seem daunting, he added, but there are zones of color that lead the way, one piece to the next.

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