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jewel

[joo-uhl] / ˈdʒu əl /




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"Our litigation is intended to protect this community jewel for the people and communities it serves," Democracy Forward, the group representing the plaintiffs, said in a statement on social media.

From BBC ● Oct. 21, 2026

Moody jewel tones and rich finishes throughout the residence make it feel like a world of its own, but it’s conveniently located at the “meeting point” of Greenwich Village, the West Village, and SoHo.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 14, 2026

“This is the jewel in the middle of the city,” says James, who works in the Department of Recreation and Parks and focuses on Griffith Park.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 12, 2026

It taught me to always give music a chance, no matter how ugly the art or how crusty the jewel case.

From Salon ● Oct. 4, 2026

It was a mosque covered with mirrors on the inside, and the reflected light turned the whole thing into a shimmering jewel box.

From "Darius the Great Is Not Okay" by Adib Khorram

Management must show its cost-cutting plan is credible and that the company can generate free cash to pay down debt without having to sell its crown jewels.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026

While Wall Street is divided on when Musk will actually push to combine the crown jewels of his empire, Nelson thinks there’s a 90% chance it happens by the end of next year.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 16, 2026

You can opt for a standalone diamond, have multiple diamonds made, or incorporate the jewels into rings, pendants, earrings and bracelets.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 10, 2026

The four suspected Louvre robbers have been arrested, but the jewels they are accused of grabbing in the seven-minute heist have still not been found.

From Barron's ● Sep. 8, 2026

I think about Daddy’s words in the notebook, the words about the jewels in the blanket of black sand.

From "Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero" by Kelly J. Baptist

Why would you want to eat jeweled rice?

From Slate ● Aug. 15, 2026

A stunning jeweled dagger hilt and scabbard from Jahangir’s reign incorporate more than 2,000 diamonds, rubies and emeralds set in an intricate pattern in gold.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 11, 2026

According to another legend, Brigid gave her father’s jeweled sword to a needy man for him to barter for food.

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 26, 2024

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

A jeweled hand waved from the prow of a blue ship.

From "The Martian Chronicles" by Ray Bradbury

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

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

For by their necessity the gods were compelled to invent the arts of metal-working, weaving, carpentry, jeweling and many other useful appliances for the human race.

From Japanese Fairy World Stories from the Wonder-Lore of Japan by Ozawa

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

"I wanted to see whether, when you strip away the usual Chanel signatures - the tweed, the jewelled buttons - you can still get to that essence," he told WWD.

From BBC ● Jan. 29, 2026

Colman Domingo's tuxedo was scattered with silver jewelled leaves.

From BBC ● Jan. 11, 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

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

One morning, so early that the dew still jewelled the grass and the clamour of the tannery had not yet begun, I went out on my errand.

From "Nectar in a Sieve" by Kamala Markandaya

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

The ice glistened on the naked trees, encasing and jewelling them.

From Senator North by Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton

Store sufficient of raiment is all she need have, and such jewelling as it shall please you to bestow on her.

From The White Lady of Hazelwood A Tale of the Fourteenth Century by W. (William) Rainey

Dew jewelling the grasses in the fields, the chatter of birds among the trees, a sparkling freshness in the air, and before me the road, running white into the gold of the rising sun.

From The Courtship of Morrice Buckler A Romance by A. E. W. (Alfred Edward Woodley) Mason

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


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