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marshal

[mahr-shuhl] / ˈmɑr ʃəl /


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

From Slate Jul. 15, 2026

Kathy Hilton will no longer be the grand marshal of West Hollywood’s pride parade.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 4, 2026

The field marshal exercises tight security control in the area he rules and, now Belgacem, one of his six sons, heads a reconstruction programme and appears to be seeking to restore the clan's legitimacy.

From Barron's May 26, 2026

What makes it work is debunkbots’ ability to marshal lots of evidence and explain it well.

From The Wall Street Journal May 24, 2026

The bride’s father was an air vice marshal, it was rumored that the Head of State might attend, and Aunty Uju joked about asking him to make her medical officer at Aso Rock.

From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Antonelli had just made his pit stop when the VSC was deployed to allow marshals to recover some debris from the track.

From BBC Jul. 19, 2026

Before letting us start, the track marshals made us take down the GoPro camera attached to the windshield, which would otherwise have been pointed at my horrified face.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 18, 2026

And if play should begin to slow, course managers can call out the cavalry—suggesting where to place marshals around the course to shepherd golfers along.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 10, 2026

Local fire marshals, fire chiefs and firefighting unions have, by and large, opposed easing staircase requirements in the building code wherever they’ve been proposed.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 20, 2026

Two days after publication, Victoria Woodhull and her sister Tennessee Claflin were distributing three thousand copies of the paper around town when US marshals stopped them.

From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling

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

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

In a letter to Congress, Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche said the Justice Department marshaled a team of more than 200 lawyers to review materials for potential release.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 19, 2025

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

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

From Salon Jul. 9, 2026

Outside, bonfires are being lit, cherry pickers are providing moody lighting, and crowds of extras are being marshalled around to create party vibes.

From BBC May 13, 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

After the event, as fans tried to head home, car parks became gridlocked as vehicles which had earlier been marshalled into rows tried to move off.

From BBC Jul. 5, 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

Most of these ships have the ability to launch helicopters that support boarding operations, and some are capable of marshaling commercial vessels to specific areas to hold them in place.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 13, 2026

Glowicki is a terrific filmmaker, marshaling her tiny troupe to execute this unique project.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 27, 2026

The initiative, described as the largest marshaling of federal scientific resources since Apollo, will require significant computing power.

From Barron's Nov. 24, 2025

In South Korea, the country’s sprawling family-run conglomerates turbocharged the "Miracle on the Han River" by marshaling capital, technology and labor to industrialize the country at breakneck speed.

From Salon Dec. 31, 2024

He thought of Grandfather on a huge white horse, marshaling the people.

From "The Red Pony" by John Steinbeck

At the heart of it all was the magnificent Gabriel, repelling all Brighton's borders and marshalling resources with his outstanding central defensive partner William Saliba missing through injury.

From BBC Mar. 4, 2026

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

From BBC Dec. 3, 2025

Moving the cruise berth will also free up space to expand the harbour's existing marshalling area for wind turbines.

From BBC Jan. 21, 2025

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

And while the procession of fiddlers and villagers were marshalling in order, it was no unusual thing to hear an aged dame calling from her cottage door: "Noo, honies, run an' git ye're fancies!"

From Wrestling and Wrestlers: Biographical Sketches of Celebrated Athletes of the Northern Ring; to Which is Added Notes on Bull and Badger Baiting by Gilpin, Sidney




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