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silver

[sil-ver] / ˈsɪl vər /


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“The dark silver lining,” Gonzalez, the heat-weary fan said in a nod to global warming, “is this might be the coolest October of the rest of our lives.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 4, 2026

However, his compatriot SH Kim, 28, missed out on a military exemption as South Korea could only win silver in the team event, alongside Tom Kim and Mun Do-yeob, who has already completed his service.

From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026

In an interview with David Rosenberg of Rosenberg Research, Gundlach relayed the story of a 100-year-old silver maple at his house in Buffalo, N.Y., that lost a giant limb, nearly hitting the chimney.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 1, 2026

Pandora was also hit by a more than doubling of the price of silver in 2025, in response to which it boosted its use of platinum-plated jewellery, including in Vietnam.

From Barron's ● Oct. 1, 2026

Then she appeared: a young girl with long hair that shone as silver as the crescent moon above.

From "The Way to Rio Luna" by Zoraida Cordova

The Swiss star, who has also won two world silvers and a bronze in the discipline, was the form rider going into the championships.

From BBC ● Sep. 20, 2026

China's global superstar Eileen Gu won gold, her first of these Games after two silvers, with 94.75, while compatriot Li Fanghui took silver.

From BBC ● Feb. 22, 2026

She’d racked up three silvers and two bronzes.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 17, 2026

"This is really the last time," said Sakamoto, who won singles bronze at the 2022 Beijing Games and has two silvers in the team event.

From Barron's ● Feb. 17, 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

Seventeen years after the Tripod fire, the silvered trunks of dead trees still stand on many slopes.

From Seattle Times ● May 12, 2023

Her dark hair was cropped short and straight around her head, and she wore riding leathers and a light shirt of silvered ringmail.

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

With his planed features and silvering hair, Mr. van Hove is perfectly nice to look at.

From New York Times ● Nov. 10, 2015

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

He wears his silvering hair short on the sides and has a rainbow friendship bracelet tied around one wrist.

From "The 57 Bus" by Dashka Slater




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