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marshal

[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

“This arrest demonstrates that time does not erase accountability,” Wing Chau, U.S. marshal for the District of Rhode Island, said in a statement.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 22, 2026

The position was created by statute in the 1800s; the marshal serves as the chief of police for the court, attends each court session, and handles ministerial duties, like paying the justices and their staffs.

From Slate Jul. 15, 2026

When her sister called her to the door, Anthony invited the marshal, Elisha J. Keeney, into the parlor.

From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling

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

On Thursday, federal marshals in Miami took the Tates into custody.

From Salon Jul. 25, 2026

Husseini says there are simply not enough marshals to cover all the terminals.

From BBC Jul. 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

During World War II, the U.S. government marshaled American companies and universities to solve medical challenges, including the mass production of penicillin.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 18, 2026

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

Don’t question whether he marshaled a compelling reason to do so.

From Slate Jan. 12, 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

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

By 2010, Woodcock had marshalled the center into a powerhouse with great independence — in many ways, outside the reach of the political whims of the commissioners who came and went.

From Salon Jun. 18, 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

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

This time, financiers are marshaling even larger sums.

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 17, 2025

“I’m just trying to understand what would motivate the officers ... to grab such a large number of people so quickly and without marshaling reasonable suspicion to detain,” said Judge Ronald M. Gould of Seattle.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 28, 2025

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

From "The Red Pony" by John Steinbeck

Dorgu man-marked Rico Lewis - nullifying his influence as he moved into central attacking positions - while Amad often dropped into the defensive line to form a back five, marshalling Jeremy Doku well.

From BBC Jan. 17, 2026

His only involvement for the rest of the day was marshalling his team in the field, often hunched over with hands on knees.

From BBC Jul. 26, 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

Recognizing this link between widely consumed food and disease is essential in marshalling forces to change harmful outcomes.

From Salon Mar. 28, 2024

And so, instead of marshalling against me a corresponding array of Ancient Authorities,—you invariably attempt to put me down by an appeal to Modern Opinion.

From The Revision Revised by John William Burgon




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