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jewel

[joo-uhl] / ˈdʒu əl /




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Citing the versatility Moore has showcased over her career, Amy Nicholson says, “ ‘The Debut’ lets her do it all, showcasing her multifaceted gifts like a jewel box with a diamond.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 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

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

Trade at the Port of Jebel Ali, the crown jewel of DP World’s global network, plummeted 90%, posing a challenge to Yuvraj Narayan, the new CEO of the Middle East’s largest port operator.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026

Can there be anything more magnificent than that this barbarian lord should have all the things to be found under the heavens in his domain, fashioned in gold and silver and jewel and feathers?

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann

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

It’s curious, actually, that a heist film would follow even this closely an actual art theft—still among the missing are historic pieces from the French crown jewels.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026

“There’s something campy and rebellious about putting the jewels on paper,” RonBen says.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2026

One of the most high-profile such incidents was in October last year, when France's crown jewels were stolen in broad daylight from the Louvre in Paris.

From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026

He’s imagined it containing everything from his granddad’s ashes to the bones of some beloved pet to heaps of glittering jewels.

From "Clean Getaway" by Nic Stone

Sumac guinea foul with za’atar beetroot and jeweled cauliflower rice.

From Slate ● Aug. 15, 2026

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

A sheath of diamonds and jeweled veil and moonlight.

From "Catching Fire" by Suzanne Collins

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

"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

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

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

From Senator North by Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton

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

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

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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