jewel

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In “The Story of Stories,” Mr. Ashton tells how the arrival of oranges in Western Australia disrupted the life cycle of a rare type of jewel bug.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 25, 2026

Its crown jewel is SpaceX stock, acquired by selling spectrum to Elon Musk’s rocket company.

From Barron's • Mar. 23, 2026

“HBO is a crown jewel in this business,” Ellison said.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 2, 2026

Chris Hemsworth, taking a break from wielding Thor’s hammer, stars as a meticulous Los Angeles jewel thief with no past and no fixed identity; his real name, or one of them, is apparently James Davis.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 12, 2026

He was remorseless, disillusioned, logical, predatory, fierce, pitiless—but his great jewel of an eye was that of a stricken deer, large, fearful, sensitive and full of griefs.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White