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[noh-buhl] / ˈnoʊ bəl /




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Cosseted Raymond is a manipulative brat and downtrodden Ben is noble and good, but the rescuers mistakenly believe that Raymond is the true prince.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026

Like the Tech Right, these men see noble masculinity as the solution to most of society’s ills.

From Slate ● Oct. 15, 2026

They needed a doctor with noble features and blue, believable eyes.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 28, 2026

It’s a noble thought, though “The Butterfly Season” isn’t a pious book.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026

“Thank you, Subject One. Unfortunately, I’m afraid this will delay our noble experiment. Everything I worked on for over a decade? Gone. Poof!”

From "The Smartest Kid in the Universe" by Chris Grabenstein

"We need a long process of changing the mindset" of the nobles, he said during the enormous funeral of one of them close to the capital, to which 4,000 guests, including atas, were invited.

From Barron's ● Jul. 21, 2026

Hundreds of other nobles, princes and officials likely received similar reports from agents across the empire, forming one of the early modern world's most sophisticated information networks.

From BBC ● Jun. 27, 2026

Hunting was so widespread that it amounted to an international language; it became a way for nobles to connect with rulers and rulers with one another.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 30, 2026

Justifying the multicultural casting in “Bridgerton,” a Regency-era fable, is simpler than explaining the presence of non-white nobles in Emperor Peter III’s Russia as depicted in “The Great.”

From Salon ● Aug. 11, 2025

In consequence, the court nobles were left to choose the emperor.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann

In turn, the investments grandparental figures make promote a form of longevity that is gained not just for its own sake, but for a larger and nobler purpose.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026

Known for inventing the fast break, McLendon made a far nobler contribution to sports by accelerating the acceptance of minorities.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2023

Shakespeare in the Park canceled its Thursday and Friday performances of “Hamlet,” saying ’tis not nobler in the mind to suffer the slings and arrows of wretched air.

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 7, 2023

It’s ridiculous how entertaining “Air” is given that it’s about shoes, even if it works overtime to persuade you that it’s also about other, nobler truths, too.

From New York Times ● Apr. 4, 2023

Ambitious men caught glimpses of nobler ambitions than their own, and even worldlings confessed that his beliefs were beautiful and true, although ‘they wouldn’t pay’.

From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott

The book’s hero is an upbeat, morally upright counselor named Ben Frost, who activated the boys’ noblest impulses.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026

Gold is famously known as the noblest of all metals because it has little or no reaction when encountering other substances; a property that makes it perfect for wedding rings and coins.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 27, 2024

The Chinese philosopher Confucius reputedly said, “By three methods we may learn wisdom: First, by reflection, which is noblest; Second, by imitation, which is easiest; and third by experience, which is the bitterest.”

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 8, 2023

We must face up to the ugliest aspects of our history and also to its noblest and most inspiring words and deeds.

From Salon ● Jun. 1, 2023

He took part in the great Calydonian Hunt, when the King of Calydon called upon the noblest in Greece to help him kill the terrible boar which was laying waste his country.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton


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