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

Last year, the Montclair, N.J.-based creative director rejoiced when she agreed to let him arrange a Lego winter village on their mantel.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 3, 2025

Phil to take the mantel of the storied New York Philharmonic, his Mahler is neither overly exuberant nor constrained by grief and Berliner decorum.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 17, 2025

Over the mantel was a small photograph of Baby and a colored picture of a little boy in velvet holding a ball in his hands.

From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers