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marble

[mahr-buhl] / ˈmɑr bəl /
ADJECTIVE
of or like marble
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Inside the marble ballroom of the Las Vegas–ready restaurant on Long Island, the award ceremony flies by as I work my way through a plate of samosas and nurse a mango lassi.

From Slate ● Oct. 20, 2026

Below, a circle of polished black granite set within green marble mirrors the dome — a reference to Albuquerque’s 1989 public artwork, “Site, Memory, Reflection,” and to the architecture of her Tunisian childhood.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2026

If Earth behaved like a completely solid blue marble, its center of mass would line up with its geometric center.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 7, 2026

Noth’s bedroom offers a more pared-back aesthetic, with enough space to accommodate a king-sized bed, while the adjoining full bathroom features marble finishes.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 28, 2026

A fire burned beneath a marble mantel in there.

From "Secrets at Sea" by Richard Peck

“Boys in the alleyway, fondling marbles in their chilblained fingers or plotting Hurley Burley: these would remain foreign to him,” writes Li.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2026

Houdon’s marbles of Jefferson and Washington have had monumental afterlives, impacting depictions of presidents from the Lincoln Memorial to Mount Rushmore.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026

But Lee marbles other theories and indictments into his meat concerning the privilege of extreme emotion and behavioral honesty.

From Salon ● Apr. 23, 2026

In the tests, the team dropped marbles into sand that contained scattered pieces of painted gravel representing boulders on Dimorphos.

From Science Daily ● Mar. 8, 2026

While they ate, everyone except Shirley played marbles or cards and traded bottle caps and pictures of men swinging a stick or wearing one huge glove.

From "In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson" by Bette Bao Lord

I got to experience the HomeView up close in Apple’s lofty Tribeca showcase apartment, where one device sat on a marbled kitchen counter and another was mounted on the wall.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026

The site was home to scarce plants including pyramidal and bee orchids, and a rare colony of marbled white butterflies that had relied on common knapweed and red fescue.

From BBC ● Aug. 8, 2026

"When a dam blocks stream passage, threatened and endangered salmon suffer; when forests with nesting trees for marbled murrelets are logged, threatened murrelets slide closer to extinction," the complaint said.

From Barron's ● Jul. 14, 2026

Then they cut to present day, and the marbled halls of the once-great Truth Teller newspaper are empty.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2025

Blossoms of red and blue fire spread silently through the low clouds, marbled gold and pink by the setting sun.

From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros

Their meat is regularly likened to snowflakes, in part because of the intricate patterns in its fat marbling, but also for the way that it dissolves in your mouth.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 22, 2026

Turkey's home strip features a marbled pattern, inspired by the Turkish paper marbling art of Ebru.

From BBC ● Apr. 22, 2026

That extra marbling translates into depth, tenderness and a loaf that tastes intentional rather than apologetic.

From Salon ● Mar. 11, 2026

Does it require attention to marbling and dry aging?

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 31, 2025

Overhead, the golden streaks marbling the clouds tarnished first to bronze, then to indigo.

From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros


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