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gem

[jem] / dʒɛm /


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Yoshinobu Yamamoto’s complete-game gem against the New York Yankees came at a perfect time for a Dodgers team looking to keep its pitchers rested.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 20, 2026

Pop star and actress Selena Gomez posted images of herself on Instagram wearing a black gown with gem earrings and heading to an unspecified event.

From BBC Jul. 3, 2026

Hence, this gem of an anthology series, wherein real-life residents recount the stories that made them regionally famous or nationally infamous, while familiar actors and comedians recreate their stories.

From Salon Jul. 1, 2026

But the Lansdowne Portrait, in which Stuart graduated from the bust-length portraits to a full-length one, is the undisputed gem.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 26, 2026

The east had its own charm or fine deep blue, and its own modest gem, a rising and solitary star: soon it would boast the moon; but she was yet beneath the horizon.

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë

"Personally, I say use gems as they're bigger and more impactful, plus you can peel them off at the end of night and reuse them in the morning."

From BBC Jul. 30, 2026

With commercial tourism, social media and vlogging much of today’s world feels overexposed and overexplained, with seemingly every destination photographed, every experience reviewed and all hidden gems channeled into content.

From Science Daily Jul. 26, 2026

In recent weeks, Smith has shared heartwrenching glimpses into the family’s battle, including photos of Whimsy’s curls being shaved and her bald head bedazzled with gems.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 18, 2026

De Beers is majority-owned by British mining giant Anglo American, which is seeking to offload its stake as the natural diamond market faces intense pressure from laboratory-grown gems.

From Barron's Jul. 13, 2026

Carefully he took it off and held it up, and the gems on it glittered like stars, and the sound of the shaken rings was like the tinkle of rain in a pool.

From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien

A search for “Barbie” on the company’s website returns rose-gold jewelry and pink gemmed rings.

From Reuters Jul. 23, 2023

Moreover, the first images of crosses portray them more as slender, gemmed staffs than as sturdy instruments of execution.

From Washington Post Apr. 14, 2017

The passing rivers, the sounds rising from street gratings, the gemmed bridges were recognizable in name, but transposed to a different key.

From New York Times Apr. 24, 2014

Depicted in his role as minister of justice, he wears an impressively gemmed and starchy crown, but the face below it looks miserable.

From New York Times Mar. 25, 2010

The whole constellation, from head to foot, is gemmed with stars which escape the naked eye, but it sparkles like a bead-spangled garment when viewed with the glass.

From Astronomy with an Opera-glass A Popular Introduction to the Study of the Starry Heavens with the Simplest of Optical Instruments by Serviss, Garrett Putman

Lady Frances observed it, and smiling said,— "You are gemming my ornaments, setting them in crystal instead of gold."

From The Buccaneer A Tale by Hall, S. C., Mrs.

Its little yellow stars may now be seen gemming the woodsides, when all around is cold, comfortless, and dead.

From Mirror of the Months by Patmore, Peter George

That door was flung back, and in the square of dripping darkness stood Creed Bonbright, his face death white, his eyes wide and fixed, the rain gemming his uncovered yellow hair.

From Judith of the Cumberlands by MacGowan, Alice

Like some palpable, suffocating substance it filled the plain and mounted far up into the air, even to the blue-black sky, whence a million gemming stars pierced it with their diamond lances.

From With Hoops of Steel by Smith, Dan

When I woke I saw Mulvaney, the night-dew gemming his mustache, leaning on his rifle at picket, lonely as Prometheus on his rock, with I know not what vultures tearing his liver.

From International Short Stories English by Various




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