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jewel

[joo-uhl] / ˈdʒu əl /




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"Chalk streams should be the jewel in the crown of our waterways; a unique, internationally rare habitat we are lucky to have on our doorstep, and we should be proud of," she added.

From BBC Jul. 24, 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

The crown jewel of the property is surely the chef’s kitchen, described in the listing as “the heart of the home.”

From MarketWatch Jul. 2, 2026

More blue gets added by “Voulez Vous,” and then they transition into jewel tones.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 30, 2026

The fire found the lights in her naturally wavy hair, fixed by a small jewel.

From "Secrets at Sea" by Richard Peck

The Apollo Gallery of Paris's Louvre Museum, where French crown jewels worth 88 million euros were stolen in 2025 in a brazen heist, will reopen to the public on Wednesday.

From Barron's Jul. 20, 2026

But there often aren’t real-world examples of licensing agreements for corporate crown jewels; companies and the IRS frequently fight over details and assumptions.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 21, 2026

Still, the Mount Olympus property, which was originally built in 1980, was certainly one of the jewels in that crown.

From MarketWatch Jun. 9, 2026

Inside an unassuming portable cabin in York, multicoloured prom dresses adorned with jewels and sparkles line the walls.

From BBC May 21, 2026

All had their pages bring and present her with most lovely things, robes and jewels and golden chains.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton

Paul Kutchinsky set out to create a supersize jeweled egg.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 2, 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

Her Afro stands larger and is more noticeable than her jeweled crowns.

From Los Angeles Times May 11, 2023

Soft mouth, curls draped around her shoulders, a jeweled hair comb instead of a crown.

From "The Belles" by Dhonielle Clayton

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

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

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 Battison, Edwin A.

Evidently the blossoms had just been gathered, for the raindrops of the previous night still sparkled among their petals, jeweling with brilliancy their kaleidoscopic riot of color.

From The Wall Between by Bassett, Sara Ware

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

"We did have somewhat of a clash at one point," she said, "when I was doing chic punk and she used to say 'That's not punk, with those jewelled safety pins'."

From BBC Dec. 30, 2022

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

An unnamed Egyptian boy models a heavy, jewelled necklace from a casket within the tomb of Tutankhamun, bringing together ancient and modern Egypt.

From BBC May 10, 2022

Eurydamas’s men came back with pendants, ear-drops in triple clusters of warm lights; and from the hoard of Lord Polyktor’s son, Peisandros, came a band for her white throat, jewelled adornment.

From "The Odyssey" by Homer

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

From Other Things Being Equal by Wolf, Emma

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 Bassett, Sara Ware

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

From Senator North by Atherton, Gertrude Franklin Horn

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

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 Mason, A. E. W. (Alfred Edward Woodley)




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