ebony
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Christie's had dubbed the box, decorated with ebony, as "the most important scientific instrument ever offered at auction" and it had been expected to fetch 2-3 million euros.
From Barron's ● Nov. 19, 2025
McCamish said some of the best-known locations for observing the California ebony tarantula include:
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2025
The title Black Rod comes from the ebony staff, topped with a golden lion, carried by the holder.
From BBC ● Jul. 16, 2024
Far, far away in the vastness of deep space, an ebony spaceship awaits.
From New York Times ● Feb. 21, 2024
The man sitting next to her on the plane, across the aisle, had the shiniest darkest ebony complexion she had ever seen.
From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Well-known trees such as magnolias are among the most threatened, with oaks, maple and ebonies also at risk.
From BBC ● Oct. 28, 2024
Oak trees, maple trees and ebonies also face threats, the report said.
From Reuters ● Sep. 1, 2021
The final space features seven sculptures, carved from Texan and Gabon ebonies.
From New York Times ● Jul. 29, 2021
Soon the husband returned with the little girl and boy, and four young ebonies, all bare-headed, and dressed alike, in thick trousers, and a loose linsey shirt.
From Among the Pines or, South in Secession Time by James R. Gilmore
Instead of the laurel-leaved trees of various kinds, we have African ebonies, acacias, and mimosae: the grass is shorter and more sparse, and we can move along without wood-cutting.
From The Last Journals of David Livingstone, in Central Africa, from 1865 to His Death, Volume I (of 2), 1866-1868 by Horace Waller
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