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[mahr-shuhl] / ˈmɑr ʃəl /


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He has already been promoted to field marshal and chief of defense forces, a role that gives him authority over the air force and navy.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 12, 2026

For the last 19 years, student-loan lender Sallie Mae has commissioned a study on how families marshal all the economic forces at their disposal to pay for college.

From MarketWatch Aug. 12, 2026

The closest woman for the job was Gail Curley, the Supreme Court’s marshal.

From Slate Jul. 15, 2026

His international rise has coincided with a consolidation of military power in Pakistan, which has seen the field marshal given an extended term.

From Barron's Jun. 16, 2026

"I advise you to stay out of this," the marshal called.

From "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison

Nearby hangs Rockwell’s famous 1964 oil painting showing marshals escorting 6-year-old Ruby Bridges to an integrated school.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 8, 2026

Yolanda Olejniczak Marodi was arrested in Mexicali on Saturday and handed over to U.S. marshals in San Diego, authorities say.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 3, 2026

But Russell, with help from a further late virtual safety car to allow marshals to recover debris on track, held Hamilton off to take the final podium position.

From BBC Aug. 23, 2026

Ms. Eubanks marshals statistics to show the physical, emotional and financial toll on those who love them.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 20, 2026

There were five hundred FBI special agents and a U.S. marshals special-ops team.

From "Zeitoun" by Dave Eggers

New York City’s charismatic mayor, Zohran Mamdani, won his election as a DSA member in 2025 and has since marshaled political support for fellow progressives running for other offices in the city he runs.

From Salon Jul. 8, 2026

He marshaled resources to help Detroit rebound from bankruptcy in 2013 and has helped organize business-civic organizations that counsel pro-business officials across the country, including the mayor of San Francisco, Daniel Lurie.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 30, 2026

But rather than reacting rashly, he marshaled a tenacious defense, not losing his composure or allowing himself to be tempted into a hotheaded action that could have led to disaster.

From Slate Apr. 13, 2026

Even the Treasury’s pivot toward heavier Treasury bill financing points to a world in which market structure, regulation, and innovation are quietly being marshaled to sustain an ever-larger debt load.

From Barron's Nov. 7, 2025

A dozen, a score of the pallid malignities seemed to pour in toward the center of the grove, where John Parry’s ghost marshaled his companions to fight them off.

From "The Amber Spyglass" by Philip Pullman

In an opinion article written for the Financial Times last week, Bessent has cast the new measures as the “single greatest financial offensive ever marshalled against an adversary.”

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 24, 2026

For months, faith-based and secular groups there have marshalled thousands of volunteers to prepare for a potential mass deportation event they fear could result in a humanitarian crisis.

From Salon Aug. 12, 2026

They have created the infrastructure and marshalled the resources for an intergenerational struggle.

From Salon Jul. 9, 2026

Ford marshalled his side brilliantly around the field all game, kicking smartly - both to compete and in finding space behind the visitors' backfield.

From BBC Nov. 15, 2025

There on the wide flats beside the noisy river were marshalled in many companies well nigh five and fifty hundreds of Riders fully armed, and many hundreds of other men with spare horses lightly burdened.

From "The Return of the King" by J.R.R. Tolkien

He wanted more of them and made his name marshaling often arcane data to win arguments.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 28, 2026

Navy destroyers, which are highly maneuverable and carry powerful weapons, would likely be used to intercept oil tankers and escort them to a designated marshaling area.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 18, 2025

Dubbed the Genesis Mission, the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy Director Michael Kratsios called it “the largest marshaling of federal scientific resources since the Apollo program.”

From Barron's Nov. 24, 2025

“Kara went for it. She did what artists do in terms of marshaling an energy and force, and then concentrating it on this object and coming up with this piece.”

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 21, 2025

"The Mallisters still hold Seagard and Walder Frey is marshaling his levies at the Twins."

From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin

He is marshalling an inexperienced team and the lack of senior players has shown.

From BBC Jun. 19, 2026

Smith is probably a better batter and Stokes might be more suited to marshalling the lower order.

From BBC Dec. 3, 2025

Stokes was tactically inert as Saud Shakeel was marshalling Pakistan's lower-order rescue act.

From BBC Nov. 30, 2024

Accurate CFRs are critically important in an outbreak because marshalling a public health response depends on understanding the disease’s severity.

From Salon Jul. 23, 2024

With the exception of Francis Balfour, no man has laboured more patiently, or achieved more wonderful results, in the investigation of the origin and marshalling of cells by which the egg changes into the adult.

From The Biological Problem of To-day Preformation Or Epigenesis? The Basis of a Theory of Organic Development by Oscar Hertwig




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