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silver

[sil-ver] / ˈsɪl vər /


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When the competition resumed, his team-mates secured a silver medal behind Canada, though Langton is yet to receive his.

From BBC Jul. 25, 2026

And it can backfire for those who get overwhelmed easily and don’t see a silver lining to having accumulated a lot of wealth.

From MarketWatch Jul. 25, 2026

The findings may also improve scientists' understanding of how silver and other heavy elements are formed in stars and stellar explosions before becoming part of later generations of stars and planets.

From Science Daily Jul. 25, 2026

Martin and Lewis became the monarchs of all media, conquering radio, nightclubs, television and the silver screen.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 25, 2026

At the top of the cliff a thin mist came from Patrick’s Well; beyond that the sea was a shimmer of silver.

From "Nory Ryan’s Song" by Patricia Reilly Giff

After four holes, one of the other golfers who had been struggling joined me at the silvers.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 8, 2026

Russia topped the medal table with 13 golds, 13 silvers and seven bronzes, while Mexico and Mongolia competed at a Winter Paralympics for the first time.

From BBC Mar. 4, 2026

She was asked by reporters whether she assessed her two completed competitions as two silvers won or two golds lost.

From Barron's Feb. 16, 2026

Knight, who powered the United States into Monday’s Olympic semifinal, is one of the most accomplished female hockey players in the world: an Olympic gold medal, three Olympic silvers and 10 world championship medals.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 14, 2026

The bidding for Jorah Mormont had reached two hundred silvers.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin

A little silvered glass could be worth its weight in gold.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 29, 2026

At 50, still in the blush of youth by today’s silvered political standards, Porter has plenty of highway ahead of her.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 11, 2024

Ms Quinn said: "Daguerre developed a way of taking pictures using a polished silvered plate and a camera. This produced a single image printed directly onto a plate with astonishing clarity, named the daguerreotype."

From BBC Feb. 20, 2024

One high status woman in her 20s with mixed ancestry was laid to rest near modern Cambridge under a prominent mound with silvered jewelry, amber beads, and a whole cow.

From Science Magazine Sep. 21, 2022

Moonlight silvered the cruel edges of the spikes that lined its bed.

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

Screen Goo is highly pigmented and has a little silvering in the paint that reflects light back at lots of different angles.

From The Verge Feb. 24, 2020

A thickset Catholic businessman with silvering hair and bloodshot eyes, he was wearing a loose denim shirt.

From The New Yorker Dec. 4, 2016

A typical example: “The moon is a sickled leopard’s tooth pinned to obsidian, its light silvering the violent undulations scoring the skin of your unforgiving water.”

From New York Times Mar. 21, 2016

Explain the functions of the various parts, such as the vacuum, the silvering of the walls, the thin-walled long glass neck, the rubber support, the air layer, and the stopper.

From Textbooks Aug. 12, 2015

They looked out over the pool with the afternoon sky silvering its surface.

From "The House of the Scorpion" by Nancy Farmer




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