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marble

[mahr-buhl] / ˈmɑr bəl /
ADJECTIVE
of or like marble
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Historians from the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York recognise only three verified marble versions surviving today - all on display in museums across the US.

From BBC Sep. 15, 2026

Though Cooper has yet to issue a ruling, officials have now come up with 10 different ways using similar language to install Trump’s name on the exterior marble.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 14, 2026

Do you like the imported marble floors and silk window treatments?

From Slate Sep. 12, 2026

Custom red marble countertops and backsplashes fill the kitchen area, which comes with a sizable island and top-of-the-line appliances.

From MarketWatch Aug. 18, 2026

Behind her, a white marble chair had appeared where there previously had been none.

From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny

To confirm he still has his marbles, he was asked to draw a clock face displaying the time 10 minutes after 11.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 11, 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

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

Then they picked up enormous shovels and rushed over to the pile of marbles and began shoveling them as fast as they could over the side of the cloud, into space.

From "James and the Giant Peach" by Roald Dahl

"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

Ralf Rangnick's team will bring a touch of cosmopolitan sophistication to this summer's tournament in a marbled away shirt that's been designed as a nod to the country's cafe culture.

From BBC Apr. 22, 2026

So said Pope Leo XIV to ambassadors from around the world in a marbled hall above the main entrance to St. Peter’s Basilica in January.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 21, 2026

His marbled niche looks onto a koi pond, a patch of wisteria.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 30, 2025

Its leather binding and marbled edges proclaimed to all the world that it was about as dull a book as could ever have been written by any one human being.

From "Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy" by Gary D. Schmidt

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




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