silver
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“This holds true across physical copper, gold, silver, and platinum, as well as copper and gold equities,” the bank says.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026
Cloud seeding involves manipulating existing clouds, such as by dropping salt crystals or silver iodide into them, to help produce more rain.
From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026
A female cyclist from Afghanistan who previously disguised herself as a man when chasing a career in the sport has won a silver medal at the Asian Games.
From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026
The bustling little town was also a hub for gold, silver and copper mining camps.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026
A few years ago, Dad traded in his vintage Mercedes for a silver SUV with a trunk large enough to store Camille’s bassoon, Andre’s lacrosse gear, and my dance bag all at the same time.
From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller
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Those stunning silvers followed the toughest period of his life, but he put three years of "absolute hell" behind him to win world bronze in 2022 as he re-established himself among the world's best.
From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026
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
American Jake Adicoff, who took two silvers behind McKeever in Beijing, will be hoping to make it to the top of the podium.
From BBC ● Mar. 4, 2026
She came to Livigno, in the Italian Alps, seeking to sweep the board but has so far missed out on gold, winning two silvers, in slopestyle and big air.
From Barron's ● Feb. 18, 2026
The bidding for Jorah Mormont had reached two hundred silvers.
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
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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
And there she was, for the last time, in the silvered glass: Calliope.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
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The man, who had silvering hair and wore a black Ariat quarter-zip and jeans, nodded and lowered his voice slightly.
From New York Times ● May 4, 2021
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
This will make the inside surface of the clear plastic a perfect mirror for such rays without any need for the silvering used on common mirrors.
From Textbooks ● Aug. 12, 2015
As soon as the silvering began, long before the cider cracked the jugs, there was something wrong.
From "Sula" by Toni Morrison
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