mantle

Real Madrid’s Mbappé is the most obvious heir apparent to the mantle of “greatest in the game.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 15, 2026

At subduction zones, one tectonic plate sinks beneath another, carrying water from the oceans down toward the mantle.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 13, 2026

As that molten mantle gradually cools, the first rocks to solidify contain relatively little silicon dioxide.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 12, 2026

Myxas glutinosa gets its name from the gooey mantle that covers its extremely delicate, gold-flecked brown shell.

From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026

“He gave me his mantle as a gift in return.”

From "Blood on the River" by Elisa Carbone

To my knowledge, Carney’s creator is neither crook nor salesman, but Whitehead can lay claim to those other two mantles.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2026

He has shown an interest, perhaps un-Spurs-like, in seizing mantles like league MVP and being the future “face” of the sport.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 14, 2026

“Uranus and Neptune have disordered magnetic fields because they produce these fields in a thin water-rich layer in their mantles while our Earth generates its magnetic field in the core,” Militzer said.

From Salon ● Dec. 1, 2024

Unlike most animals, whose eyes feature retinas that send images to the brain, scallops have mantles covered with hundreds of tiny blue dots, each of which contains a curved mirror at its back.

From Science Magazine ● Apr. 13, 2023

She shrugged, then helped Mama fill the bureau, hang five white Marvellian mantles in her private closet, and place a pot of conjure-roses on her bedside table.

From "The Marvellers" by Dhonielle Clayton

Even as blue skies return, flood-weary farmers in the San Joaquin Valley have only to look east, to the towering Sierra mantled in snow, to know there is worse to come.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 24, 2023

Some farmers have learnt that mantled fruits soak up moisture and gain weight in the night time.

From Nature ● Mar. 14, 2017

Mateo has also studied golden mantled ground squirrels, which recognize kin but don't react in an obvious way.

From National Geographic ● Jul. 25, 2015

Chorizo is mantled with a parsley-heavy chimichurri and an unexpectedly nuanced aioli made with aji panca, a smoky-fruity Peruvian red pepper.

From New York Times ● Jun. 6, 2013

They climbed Parnassos’ rugged flank mantled in forest, entering amid high windy folds at noon when Helios beat upon the valley floor and on the winding Ocean whence he came.

From "The Odyssey" by Homer

As he gobbled the bloody morsel, he spread his wings, fanned his tail and arched his body over the food — an instinct known as mantling, protecting the prey from other predators.

From New York Times ● Jan. 17, 2018

The hawklet then covered the entire meal with his wings, a behavior known as mantling, which hawks employ to hide their kills from other birds of prey who might be flying by.

From Washington Post ● Jun. 29, 2017

For some time she had experienced the sensation of clouds coming over her, mantling thought.

From New York Times ● Apr. 30, 2016

He saw the superb polish, the fresh padding, and the new mantling set behind.

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

He lifted the helm to his nose and sniffed the mantling.

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