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marshal

[mahr-shuhl] / ˈmɑr ʃəl /


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And in the Central Valley, he waved the ceremonial green flag at a stock car race at the Madera Speedway, where he was named grand marshal of the annual Harvest Classic.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 12, 2026

He said now we needed a letter from the fire marshal that our school building was safe for children.

From Salon ● Oct. 4, 2026

“But we also have twins of our providers,” Mandadi said, helping the company marshal the clinical evidence and other key information necessary to motivate prescribers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026

For the last 19 years, student-loan lender Sallie Mae has commissioned a study on how families marshal all the economic forces at their disposal to pay for college.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 12, 2026

“The fire marshal believes they have the fire under control. I spoke with the state’s attorney and, given Gabriel’s age, they don’t want to press charges just yet.”

From "Wayward Creatures" by Dayna Lorentz

Nearby hangs Rockwell’s famous 1964 oil painting showing marshals escorting 6-year-old Ruby Bridges to an integrated school.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026

Ms. Eubanks marshals statistics to show the physical, emotional and financial toll on those who love them.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026

He marshals his commanding technique with the openness and vulnerability that have distinguished his whole career.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026

His feet were shackled and he held his hands behind his back, although US marshals had not handcuffed him.

From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026

The front of the school was deserted but along the curb United States marshals were spaced, not in uniform but wearing armbands to identify them.

From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck

New York City’s charismatic mayor, Zohran Mamdani, won his election as a DSA member in 2025 and has since marshaled political support for fellow progressives running for other offices in the city he runs.

From Salon ● Jul. 8, 2026

That they marshaled to conduct military exercises shows the depth of their fear.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 20, 2026

Don’t question whether he marshaled a compelling reason to do so.

From Slate ● Jan. 12, 2026

Even the Treasury’s pivot toward heavier Treasury bill financing points to a world in which market structure, regulation, and innovation are quietly being marshaled to sustain an ever-larger debt load.

From Barron's ● Nov. 7, 2025

He hesitated for a moment, wondering how best to embark on what he wanted to say; as he marshaled his thoughts, Celestina Warbeck began a ballad called “You Charmed the Heart Right Out of Me.”

From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling

In an opinion article written for the Financial Times last week, Bessent has cast the new measures as the “single greatest financial offensive ever marshalled against an adversary.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 24, 2026

For months, faith-based and secular groups there have marshalled thousands of volunteers to prepare for a potential mass deportation event they fear could result in a humanitarian crisis.

From Salon ● Aug. 12, 2026

They have created the infrastructure and marshalled the resources for an intergenerational struggle.

From Salon ● Jul. 9, 2026

England captain Harry Kane was so well marshalled that he only had two touches in the Ghana penalty area in the first half, although he blazed a late chance over the top.

From BBC ● Jun. 24, 2026

The indefatigable bell now sounded for the fourth time: the classes were marshalled and marched into another room to breakfast: how glad I was to behold a prospect of getting something to eat!

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë

A bigger briefcase was seen as a sign that Greenspan was marshaling evidence for raising rates.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 30, 2026

These ships have the ability to launch helicopters that support boarding operations, and some are capable of marshaling commercial vessels to specific areas to hold them in place.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 14, 2026

Dubbed the Genesis Mission, the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy Director Michael Kratsios called it “the largest marshaling of federal scientific resources since the Apollo program.”

From Barron's ● Nov. 24, 2025

At the time, firefighters credited an extraordinary marshaling of firefighting resources as critical to keeping fires in Northern and Southern California from becoming far worse.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 20, 2025

One wine-sodden taleteller even claimed that Rhaegar Targaryen had returned from the dead and was marshaling a vast host of ancient heroes on Dragonstone to reclaim his father's throne.

From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin

Ukrainian and Russian officials visited the city together on Friday, delivering aid and marshalling those who wanted to leave in a rare show of cooperation between the warring sides.

From Barron's ● Oct. 31, 2026

He is marshalling an inexperienced team and the lack of senior players has shown.

From BBC ● Jun. 19, 2026

Trusty alone made 17 clearances and three interceptions, marshalling the depleted visitors to great effect.

From BBC ● Jan. 22, 2026

Accurate CFRs are critically important in an outbreak because marshalling a public health response depends on understanding the disease’s severity.

From Salon ● Jul. 23, 2024

In most years Camas Prairie served as the marshalling grounds for the annual buffalo hunt.

From Shoshone-Bannock Subsistence and Society by Robert F. Murphy


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