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jewel

[joo-uhl] / ˈdʒu əl /




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Conservation teams and experts were checking Granada's Alhambra palace, a UNESCO-listed jewel of medieval Islamic architecture and the seat of Spain's last Muslim kingdom, the site wrote on X.

From Barron's Aug. 18, 2026

Since moving back to L.A. in 2014, Wang has vended at local farmers markets, hosted Chinese cooking demos at public libraries and helped staff Filipino restaurant Lasita, a crown jewel of Chinatown’s Far East Plaza.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 4, 2026

"It's kind of the hidden jewel in the building that nobody knew about," said Carlos Cardoso, partner at Beyer Blinder Belle.

From BBC Jul. 26, 2026

“Remake” is McElwee’s first film in 15 years, appearing like a jewel out of a mountain of life’s rubble.

From Salon Jul. 24, 2026

"That looks like one of the rhinestones from the Cinderella slippers," Nancy said, pointing to the jewel.

From "The Cinderella Ballet Mystery: Nancy Drew and the Clue Crew, #4" by Carolyn Keene

If Mark Walter is selling one of the crown jewels of Los Angeles sports, is he about to sell the other?

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 12, 2026

That Yale is willing to risk these jewels in her crown speaks volumes about the terrible power of the proposed OMB regulation.

From Slate Jul. 30, 2026

But no jewels will be on display and it will revert to its 17th century function as a state gallery, an informed source told AFP Monday.

From Barron's Jul. 20, 2026

Wimbledon is always a very special tournament and one of the crown jewels of the British summer of sport.

From BBC Jul. 13, 2026

Leo tinkered with his sphere, tapping and nudging one of the jewels on its surface.

From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan

Why would you want to eat jeweled rice?

From Slate Aug. 15, 2026

If the thieves who dropped Empress Eugenie’s crown outside the Louvre during this year’s heist, sparked an interest in jeweled headgear, try this encyclopedic guide to the world’s most famous tiaras.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 28, 2025

Iranian-style jewelry studded with jade and other precious stones were popular during the Ottoman period, and Joyce may have applied his newfound skills to crafting rings, earrings, necklaces, and intricate jeweled turban aigrettes.

From National Geographic Jan. 11, 2024

Any sweet potato will work — Japanese yams, garnet sweet potatoes, jeweled sweet potatoes, purple sweet potatoes — whatever you have available.

From Seattle Times Dec. 26, 2023

“No, I know that smile. It is a cruel queen who dices with men’s hearts. Humble merchants like myself are no more than stones beneath your jeweled sandals.”

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin

And at night, when the ticky-tacky disappears and the jeweling lights go on, the happy, hoppy daydream becomes a garden of visual delight.

From Time Magazine Archive

She will miss this glorious light warming the inside of her skin and jeweling the trees, the grass, the lily pond beyond the hedge.

From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez

There is no jeweling in the escapement or on the other end of the balance staff.

From The Auburndale Watch Company First American Attempt Toward the Dollar Watch by Edwin A. Battison

For a half hour the torrents fell--then the sun burst forth, jeweling the forest with a million scintillant gems; but today the ape-man, usually alert to the changing wonders of the jungle, saw them not.

From Jungle Tales of Tarzan by Edgar Rice Burroughs

We would not advise jeweling the pivot holes, because there is but slight friction, except to the foot of the balance pivot, which should be jeweled with a plano-convex garnet.

From Watch and Clock Escapements A Complete Study in Theory and Practice of the Lever, Cylinder and Chronometer Escapements, Together with a Brief Account of the Origin and Evolution of the Escapement in Horology by Anonymous

Insurers paid out £106,700 for the loss, but Prosecutor Julian Winship said there were only seven Fabergé sets - containing a jewelled egg, watch, whisky bottle, cigars and humidor - in existence.

From BBC Apr. 9, 2026

In a vast, dimly lit main hall spanning four levels, visitors gazed at chariots, household items, jewelled ornaments and, at the centre, Tutankhamun's iconic golden mask.

From Barron's Nov. 4, 2025

Bridgerton star Charithra Chandran's dress had a jewelled vine detail.

From BBC Feb. 18, 2024

Both men remain in Macau prison, a far cry from the jewelled opulence of the VIP parlours they once presided over.

From Reuters Sep. 19, 2022

Her fingers, fair and slender, were laden with jewelled rings, any one of which would have fed us for a year.

From "Nectar in a Sieve" by Kamala Markandaya

She paused a moment, looking up at the wooded hill-top, which the sun was jewelling in silver.

From Other Things Being Equal by Emma Wolf

Her light had not yet reached the harbor, the further side of which was shadowy and suggestive, with dim coves and rich glooms and jewelling lights.

From Anne's House of Dreams by L. M. (Lucy Maud) Montgomery

So we stroll and look at the shops, at the filigree gold jewelling of the peasants, at a good bookshop.

From Sea and Sardinia by D. H. (David Herbert) Lawrence

From where he sat he could see the trembling lights of the village jewelling the rim of the bay like a circlet of stars.

From Flood Tide by Sara Ware Bassett

Their powder is the best for the lapidary, and they are used for jewelling watches, and in the cutting of window- and plate-glass.

From The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 1: Deposition to Eberswalde by Various




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