mantle
Example Sentences
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Chávez died in 1993, and Huerta, now 95, rose to take his mantle as the hero of the movement.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 27, 2026
When Chavez died in 1993, she took on the mantle that, at age 95, she still wears.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 18, 2026
Over the years, Dubai, Doha and Abu Dhabi’s airports took that mantle.
From MarketWatch • Feb. 28, 2026
The team believes this was an early offshoot of what is now the Azores mantle plume.
From Science Daily • Feb. 23, 2026
He wore a stiff hide mantle across his broad shoulders, and a boar’s tusk on a thong at his breast.
From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
