marbles
Example Sentences
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"The other founders refused to turn the keys of artificial intelligence over to one person," Savitt continued, adding: "When they refused to let OpenAI be absorbed" Musk "took his marbles and went home."
From BBC • Apr. 28, 2026
But Lee marbles other theories and indictments into his meat concerning the privilege of extreme emotion and behavioral honesty.
From Salon • Apr. 23, 2026
The simulations track gas behavior at the microscopic level as particles move, collide, and exchange energy, much like marbles striking one another.
From Science Daily • Nov. 10, 2025
The book was clearly fiction — featuring characters such as an absurdly monastic Bolivian radio-novela writer who loses his marbles and begins to confuse his characters and his plots.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 13, 2025
Olmsted looked worn and gray, except for his eyes, which gleamed beneath his bald skull like marbles of lapis.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
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