marbles
Example Sentences
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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
“But he even narrated a marbles contest in Guatemala.”
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 6, 2025
In Ball Sort Puzzle, you are shown a screen featuring several test tubes that contain marbles of various colors.
From Slate • Dec. 28, 2024
Olmsted looked worn and gray, except for his eyes, which gleamed beneath his bald skull like marbles of lapis.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
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