mantel
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After China took up the mantel as mediator, the two sides agreed to re-establish diplomatic relations.
From BBC • Apr. 1, 2026
It’s for the mantel, for our boys,’” Song revealed.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 2, 2026
In the once-bare space above the bedroom’s mantel, which holds a Louis XVI-style clock, gold-framed pictures and miniatures of family members and friends hang.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 7, 2026
He's hung new portraits with gold frames in the Oval Office and added gold ornaments to the mantel of the fireplace where he meets with world leaders.
From Salon • May 11, 2025
On the mantel of a fake fireplace in the den of Palmer’s house stood a statue of a pigeon.
From "Wringer" by Jerry Spinelli
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
