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jewel

[joo-uhl] / ˈdʒu əl /




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The period saw a huge cash injection into theme parks, which remain a jewel in the company's crown, helping to push up the share price fivefold.

From Barron's Aug. 12, 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

"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

Away high in the East swung Remmirath, the Netted Stars, and slowly above the mists red Borgil rose, glowing like a jewel of fire.

From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien

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

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

Actress Meg Ryan is getting ready to bid farewell to one of the brightest jewels in her real estate portfolio: a stunning Hamptons retreat that she has owned for just two years.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 23, 2026

“Quick,” Mr. Trepid said, pulling the covers over the jewels.

From "Ruby Holler" by Sharon Creech

Why would you want to eat jeweled rice?

From Slate Aug. 15, 2026

Paul Kutchinsky set out to create a supersize jeweled egg.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 2, 2026

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

Standing regally with flowy black pants, jeweled sunglasses and a white shirt with oversized balloon sleeves covered by an enormous, reddish floral-like cape, Hill triumphantly proclaimed, “New Jersey, I’m home!”

From Seattle Times Oct. 18, 2023

The girl's jeweled pinafore balloons around her small waist, and the little hat on her head threatens to fall off.

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

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

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

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

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

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

"Real jewelled bindings were like Fabergé eggs," explains Rob Shepherd, managing director of Shepherds, Sangorski & Sutcliffe - the 21st Century iteration of the company the two men set up in the Edwardian era.

From BBC Apr. 14, 2022

The gowns of these were pleated and padded, with high rufflike collars, epaulettes and jewelled belts.

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

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

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

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

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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