- a variation of mantel.
mantle
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A mantle plume is a column of unusually hot material moving upward through Earth's interior.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 18, 2026
With Knight following Beaumont into retirement, it is a further indication that England are in transition, in need of new stars like Alice Capsey, Grace Scrivens and Tilly Corteen-Coleman to pick up the mantle.
From BBC ● Jul. 11, 2026
Those results support the idea that the magma feeding Mount Etna already exists in the upper mantle and that the amount reaching the surface is largely controlled by the movement of tectonic plates.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 10, 2026
But that doesn’t mean Alito has rejected its mantle.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026
Secondary waves move through the solid rock of the mantle, but cannot penetrate the molten iron outer core.
From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland
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To my knowledge, Carney’s creator is neither crook nor salesman, but Whitehead can lay claim to those other two mantles.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2026
He has shown an interest, perhaps un-Spurs-like, in seizing mantles like league MVP and being the future “face” of the sport.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 14, 2026
“Uranus and Neptune have disordered magnetic fields because they produce these fields in a thin water-rich layer in their mantles while our Earth generates its magnetic field in the core,” Militzer said.
From Salon ● Dec. 1, 2024
Unlike most animals, whose eyes feature retinas that send images to the brain, scallops have mantles covered with hundreds of tiny blue dots, each of which contains a curved mirror at its back.
From Science Magazine ● Apr. 13, 2023
Over chair-backs in hall they dropped their mantles and passed in to the polished tubs, where maids poured out warm baths for them, anointed them, and pulled fresh tunics, fleecy cloaks around them.
From "The Odyssey" by Homer
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Even as blue skies return, flood-weary farmers in the San Joaquin Valley have only to look east, to the towering Sierra mantled in snow, to know there is worse to come.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 24, 2023
Some farmers have learnt that mantled fruits soak up moisture and gain weight in the night time.
From Nature ● Mar. 14, 2017
Mateo has also studied golden mantled ground squirrels, which recognize kin but don't react in an obvious way.
From National Geographic ● Jul. 25, 2015
Chorizo is mantled with a parsley-heavy chimichurri and an unexpectedly nuanced aioli made with aji panca, a smoky-fruity Peruvian red pepper.
From New York Times ● Jun. 6, 2013
They climbed Parnassos’ rugged flank mantled in forest, entering amid high windy folds at noon when Helios beat upon the valley floor and on the winding Ocean whence he came.
From "The Odyssey" by Homer
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As he gobbled the bloody morsel, he spread his wings, fanned his tail and arched his body over the food — an instinct known as mantling, protecting the prey from other predators.
From New York Times ● Jan. 17, 2018
The hawklet then covered the entire meal with his wings, a behavior known as mantling, which hawks employ to hide their kills from other birds of prey who might be flying by.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 29, 2017
For some time she had experienced the sensation of clouds coming over her, mantling thought.
From New York Times ● Apr. 30, 2016
He lifted the helm to his nose and sniffed the mantling.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
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He saw the superb polish, the fresh padding, and the new mantling set behind.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
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