marbles
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In the tests, the team dropped marbles into sand that contained scattered pieces of painted gravel representing boulders on Dimorphos.
From Science Daily • Mar. 8, 2026
There are levels to the game, and on some levels, you don’t see the colors of the marbles that are farther down in the test tube until they are accessible.
From Slate • Dec. 28, 2024
One of them looked to be clutching several glass marbles in his hand.
From BBC • Oct. 13, 2024
Flat glass marbles on the fire extinguisher “body” glittered in the sunlight.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 14, 2024
He turned to Puli, who had bought some marbles which he was tossing up and down in his begging bowl, being unable to use them in any other way.
From "Nectar in a Sieve" by Kamala Markandaya
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