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medal

[med-l] / ˈmɛd l /


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In the short term, Iamaleava wants to conclude her high school career with a medal around her neck and make her family proud.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 18, 2026

“I have never been surer of anything in my life,” adding a generous tip for Tyler, who deserved a combat medal.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026

He recently went to the White House to receive a medal from President Trump, alongside Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, Google co-founder Sergey Brin and others.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

Henry Hobbs, Noah Hobbs, Ethan Vernon and Ollie Wood also won bronze for GB in the men's team pursuit, defeating France in the bronze medal ride-off.

From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2026

For his bravery and sacrifice, Emil Durr was awarded the Knight’s Cross, the highest grade of the Iron Cross medal, after his death.

From "Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti

Richardson, who had been expected to contend for medals in the individual sprint and keirin, said he would co-operate with a British Cycling investigation into the allegations.

From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2026

Great Britain secured gold medals in the women's team pursuit final and the men's scratch race on day two of the World Track Cycling Championships.

From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2026

Some 40 works—including statues, reliefs, medals and more, many of which have never been shown outside of Tuscany—reveal the genius of Donatello, Vecchietta, Francesco di Giorgio and others.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 11, 2026

The hosts finished with 83 golds, a distant second in the medals table behind China with 169.

From Barron's ● Oct. 4, 2026

The amount of medals Franklin D. Roosevelt had either hung around my neck or pinned to my front would have supplied the army with enough metal for a tank.

From "Jacob Have I Loved" by Katherine Paterson

The dog that almost medaled at the Olympics.

From MarketWatch ● Feb. 19, 2026

“Obviously it wasn’t my best performances, but at the end of the day, whoever medaled, medaled, and that’s what’s so exciting, because you just never know with gymnastics,” she said.

From Salon ● Aug. 5, 2024

The U.S. has medaled in nine of the 12 finals in Paris, winning two golds and 11 medals overall, nearly double the total of second-place Australia, which has six.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 29, 2024

It wasn’t enough to keep the U.S. from heading home from the World Cup empty-handed, and after 87 years of waiting Canada has again medaled on one of basketball’s biggest stages.

From Washington Times ● Sep. 10, 2023

Word must’ve spread that unless one of the other medaled teams miraculously swept the final three competitions, the championship was down to two true contenders.

From "Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics" by Chris Grabenstein

I doubt I had ever seen so many uniformed, braided and medalled men under one roof.

From BBC ● Nov. 6, 2018

"For Deibold to medal is a testament to how strong our team is, because any of us could have medalled."

From Reuters ● Feb. 18, 2014

But few athletes were described as having medalled, and none of having podiumed.

From The Guardian ● Aug. 10, 2012

"I can happily say that I have been in four Olympic Games finals, which is incredible, and I'm glad that I've medalled in four as well," she said.

From The Guardian ● Aug. 3, 2012

He's medalled and ribboned, and starred and crossed, and I don't-know-what all'd, like a born nobleman.

From Little Dorrit by Charles Dickens

With one surgically rebuilt knee and a completely torn ACL in the other, the 41-year-old Vonn gutted her way to the starting gate and had a real chance of medaling before her violent crash.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 14, 2026

Olympic and Paralympic Committee does pay Team USA athletes for medaling but not for competing in the Olympics, although they can apply for grants to support their training and travel.

From Slate ● Aug. 9, 2024

But the start value of the Biles II is so high that even the fall did not hurt her chances of medaling.

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 7, 2023

In her final skate, her participation abruptly became moot when her performance, filled with falls and stumbles, eradicated her chance at medaling.

From Washington Post ● Feb. 18, 2022

I jumped right up and finished the event, but I knew I had no chance of medaling now.

From "Courage to Soar" by Simone Biles

The United States finished with 69 points with Japan scoring 68 and Italy medalling for the first time in the team event with 60.

From Barron's ● Feb. 8, 2026

So in terms of "medalling" the countries, it has to be bronze to the Netherlands, silver to Jamaica and shiny gold to the Czech Republic.

From The Guardian ● Aug. 6, 2012

Twitter users have spent days exploiting the Scooby Doo-inspired "we could have got gold if it wasn't for you medalling kids" gag.

From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2012

"It is rather a dangerous pastime, Mr. Lenoir, this medalling fancy of yours," he said.

From Jack Harkaway's Boy Tinker Among The Turks Book Number Fifteen in the Jack Harkaway Series by Bracebridge Hemyng


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