marshal
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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
A new voice took over, identified as a marshal.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 9, 2026
The closest woman for the job was Gail Curley, the Supreme Court’s marshal.
From Slate ● Jul. 15, 2026
In a statement, Hilton expressed gratitude for being considered for grand marshal and reaffirmed her commitment to the LGBTQ+ community and causes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 4, 2026
As I drove in and put on the brakes, sending up a shower of snow, a marshal came out to greet me.
From "Black Star, Bright Dawn" by Scott O'Dell
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On Thursday, federal marshals in Miami took the Tates into custody.
From Salon ● Jul. 25, 2026
Husseini says there are simply not enough marshals to cover all the terminals.
From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026
Antonelli had just made his pit stop when the VSC was deployed to allow marshals to recover some debris from the track.
From BBC ● Jul. 19, 2026
A casual wave from the marshals and then Nicolson stomped the accelerator, really hard.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 18, 2026
After a flurry of last-minute preparations and speeches, marshals quickly arranged the marchers in a column, six abreast, and the march finally got under way at 12:47 p.m.
From "Because They Marched" by Russell Freedman
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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
But rather than reacting rashly, he marshaled a tenacious defense, not losing his composure or allowing himself to be tempted into a hotheaded action that could have led to disaster.
From Slate ● Apr. 13, 2026
In many places she chooses to undercut the image of the lone genius, sovereign over his book-lined study and carefully marshaled pens.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 27, 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
The same is true for marshaled and marshaling.
From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner
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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
India were 161-2 in the 22nd over when the former captain was dismissed and run-scoring became more difficult in the middle overs but the hosts were superbly marshalled by Kohli.
From BBC ● Nov. 30, 2025
By 2010, Woodcock had marshalled the center into a powerhouse with great independence — in many ways, outside the reach of the political whims of the commissioners who came and went.
From Salon ● Jun. 18, 2025
There on the wide flats beside the noisy river were marshalled in many companies well nigh five and fifty hundreds of Riders fully armed, and many hundreds of other men with spare horses lightly burdened.
From "The Return of the King" by J.R.R. Tolkien
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A bigger briefcase was seen as a sign that Greenspan was marshaling evidence for raising rates.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 30, 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
“Kara went for it. She did what artists do in terms of marshaling an energy and force, and then concentrating it on this object and coming up with this piece.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 21, 2025
In South Korea, the country’s sprawling family-run conglomerates turbocharged the "Miracle on the Han River" by marshaling capital, technology and labor to industrialize the country at breakneck speed.
From Salon ● Dec. 31, 2024
Dumbledore paused for a moment, marshaling his thoughts, and then said, “Four years ago, I received what I considered certain proof that Voldemort had split his soul.”
From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling
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Dorgu man-marked Rico Lewis - nullifying his influence as he moved into central attacking positions - while Amad often dropped into the defensive line to form a back five, marshalling Jeremy Doku well.
From BBC ● Jan. 17, 2026
His only involvement for the rest of the day was marshalling his team in the field, often hunched over with hands on knees.
From BBC ● Jul. 26, 2025
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
Recognizing this link between widely consumed food and disease is essential in marshalling forces to change harmful outcomes.
From Salon ● Mar. 28, 2024
And while the procession of fiddlers and villagers were marshalling in order, it was no unusual thing to hear an aged dame calling from her cottage door: "Noo, honies, run an' git ye're fancies!"
From Wrestling and Wrestlers: Biographical Sketches of Celebrated Athletes of the Northern Ring; to Which is Added Notes on Bull and Badger Baiting by Sidney Gilpin
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