marble
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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
Meanwhile, the primary bathroom is fit for royalty thanks to its all-green marble flooring and vanity.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 19, 2026
Amabile’s results indicated that he had a lesion in his brain the size of a marble, prompting him to get an additional MRI with and without contrast.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2026
The president has weighed in on paving stones, marble, flagpoles and other aesthetic details around the White House as he reshapes the presidential grounds.
From Salon ● Aug. 9, 2026
Marbles were where it was at: a kid could make himself a reputation as a good marble player.
From Full of Beans by Jennifer L. Holm
It featured a futuristic barren desert-like landscape filled with sand punctuated by large colored glass bulbs that resemble marbles.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2026
Houdon’s Franklin bust exists in several autograph versions, including the marbles at New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Philadelphia Museum of Art and two plaster versions in European collections.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026
"The other founders refused to turn the keys of artificial intelligence over to one person," Savitt continued, adding: "When they refused to let OpenAI be absorbed" Musk "took his marbles and went home."
From BBC ● Apr. 28, 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
They carried blue marbles, rattles in an old tin can.
From "Habibi" by Naomi Shihab Nye
"We've lost these plants now, and it will take years of work to restore the meadow so that marbled white butterflies can return," said Brown.
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 travel set of marbled beard and mustache combs that’s as handsome as dad himself.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026
Then she’s back, her scarlet blazer and marbled scarf bright against the white walls.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 29, 2026
The canvas overflowed with bright figures in swirling robes, writhing around long pillars and off marbled balconies.
From "Twilight" by Stephenie Meyer
Their meat is regularly likened to snowflakes, in part because of the intricate patterns in its fat marbling, but also for the way that it dissolves in your mouth.
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
That extra marbling translates into depth, tenderness and a loaf that tastes intentional rather than apologetic.
From Salon ● Mar. 11, 2026
Overhead, the golden streaks marbling the clouds tarnished first to bronze, then to indigo.
From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros
