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[bronz] / brɒnz /


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The 21-year-old will instead go home with only a bronze medal.

From Barron's ● Oct. 1, 2026

The city of Philadelphia has permanently installed an 8½-foot bronze sculpture of Rocky Balboa outside the Philadelphia Museum of Art.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026

But now, I seriously doubted anyone was going to hand me a bronze statue for the way I yelled at my kids for not finishing their chicken nuggets.

From Salon ● Sep. 26, 2026

England lost their semi-final 2-1 to Argentina, before beating France 6-4 in the bronze medal match.

From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026

The winged man from the ice cream stand was leaning against a nearby column, casually tossing a small bronze hoop in the air.

From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan

Our critic noted “This is the largest presentation of Giacometti’s plaster sculptures in the U.S.—and for those who know only his bronzes, a few of which are included in the show, it is revelatory.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 6, 2026

We encounter paintings on canvas and on copper; bronzes, terracottas and an impressive ivory; dispassionate portraits, intimate sketches and pitiless caricatures.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 29, 2026

Overall, Manaudou won six Olympic medals across four appearances at the Games, with three silvers and two bronzes in addition to his gold.

From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026

Golds, silvers and bronzes won in Para-events will, unlike with other multi-sport events, count towards the overall medal total.

From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026

After that, nobody came or asked anything else about the bronzes for a while, and his brother built his well and life went on.

From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

A red cartoon hunk of steak, a bronzed turkey, a few shrimp, a tub of unsweetened yogurt, an apple and a bag of frozen peas cascade alongside him.

From Salon ● Aug. 5, 2026

She has shared a before-and-after with her 59,000 followers: Her face, once splotchy with some acne scarring, is now clear, bronzed and glowing.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 22, 2026

From full-body taxidermy to partial mementos — skulls, bronzed hearts or freeze-dried paws, for example — such services provide closure in ways that, clients say, traditional burials or urns cannot.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 23, 2025

And then there are the newer versions — birds brined in buttermilk or their skins lacquered to glossy, bronzed perfection.

From Salon ● May 9, 2025

His muscles quickly grew bronzed and his hair ever blonder under the ardent desert sun.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown

“They’ve had a curated set of items that they’ve gone after, so whether that be in blushes or in lips or in highlighter or bronzing categories, they’re seeing strength across the board,” Fields said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026

Not long ago, the “Mar-a-Lago face” seemed inescapable — a viral shorthand for an exaggerated cosmetic aesthetic marked by heavy bronzing, sharply sculpted cheeks, overly plumped lips and high-gloss polish.

From Salon ● Jan. 10, 2026

Bahder, whose expertise traditionally involves detecting lethal bronzing in palm trees, explained that the fundamental process of molecular testing is similar across different organisms, with the main difference being the DNA sequence.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 22, 2024

“He’s been applying his bronzing cream to his face. Cute couple. Look out, Melania, Trump’s got a new squeeze named Elonia Musk.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 14, 2024

Through iron-weeds and roses And bronzing beech and oak, Old porches it discloses, Above the briars and roses Fall's feeble sunbeams soak.

From Days and Dreams Poems by Madison J. Cawein




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