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marshal

[mahr-shuhl] / ˈmɑr ʃəl /


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“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

Bonta’s office, along with state fire marshal, are also challenging that oversight in court, arguing the lines that run through Santa Barbara, San Luis Obispo and Kern counties were incorrectly reclassified as intrastate pipelines.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2026

The closest woman for the job was Gail Curley, the Supreme Court’s marshal.

From Slate ● Jul. 15, 2026

When she realized she was going to have to go downtown to the courthouse, Anthony excused herself and went upstairs to change clothes, leaving the flummoxed marshal waiting in the parlor.

From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling

Yolanda Olejniczak Marodi was arrested in Mexicali on Saturday and handed over to U.S. marshals in San Diego, authorities say.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 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

On Thursday, federal marshals in Miami took the Tates into custody.

From Salon ● Jul. 25, 2026

A U.S. judge signed the arrest warrants Saturday, and U.S. marshals were able to locate the brothers through social media.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026

I’d heard of sheriffs and marshals, but had never seen one.

From "Where the Red Fern Grows" by Wilson Rawls

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

He marshaled resources to help Detroit rebound from bankruptcy in 2013 and has helped organize business-civic organizations that counsel pro-business officials across the country, including the mayor of San Francisco, Daniel Lurie.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 30, 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

The same is true for marshaled and marshaling.

From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner

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

Ford marshalled his side brilliantly around the field all game, kicking smartly - both to compete and in finding space behind the visitors' backfield.

From BBC ● Nov. 15, 2025

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

It opened a new truck marshaling yard for sorting and dispatching cargo.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 13, 2026

Most of 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. 13, 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

"The Mallisters still hold Seagard and Walder Frey is marshaling his levies at the Twins."

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

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

From BBC ● Jan. 22, 2026

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

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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