silver
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One silver lining in the housing market is that supply is at nearly a seven-year high.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 10, 2026
Kalshi’s commodities prediction markets include gold, silver, copper, WTI crude oil, Brent crude, gasoline, and natural gas.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026
I suppose the little showman, the little 10-year-old silver showman, came out.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 5, 2026
While Alessandro is decked out in Ferrari red, his girlfriend, Emma, is wearing the silver of Mercedes.
From BBC ● Sep. 5, 2026
A caterer would be circulating with appetizers on silver trays while Dad hid in the kitchen to avoid socializing.
From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller
Golds, silvers and bronzes won in Para-events will, unlike with other multi-sport events, count towards the overall medal total.
From BBC ● Jul. 23, 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
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
This lot, half o’ them would turn you over to the queen quick as spit for a pardon and maybe a few silvers.
From "A Clash of Kings" 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
Bronze Yohn's heir, Ser Andar Royce, and his younger brother Ser Robar, their silvered steel plate filigreed in bronze with the same ancient runes that warded their father.
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
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
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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