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[mahr-shuhl] / ˈmɑr ʃəl /


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Bonta’s office, along with state fire marshal, are also challenging that oversight in court, arguing the lines that run through Santa Barbara, San Luis Obispo and Kern counties were incorrectly reclassified as intrastate pipelines.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 20, 2026

The US president refers to Munir as his "favourite field marshal", following their acquaintance in the aftermath of conflict with India that Trump helped mediate last year.

From Barron's Jul. 17, 2026

The closest woman for the job was Gail Curley, the Supreme Court’s marshal.

From Slate Jul. 15, 2026

In 1839 Lincoln served as a Fourth of July parade marshal in Springfield “in honor of Freedom’s natal day,” as one newspaper put it.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 1, 2026

Worried about making a critical blunder, I sat down to marshal my energy before descending further.

From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer

Antonelli had just made his pit stop when the VSC was deployed to allow marshals to recover some debris from the track.

From BBC Jul. 19, 2026

A casual wave from the marshals and then Nicolson stomped the accelerator, really hard.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 18, 2026

An elderly spectator was booted from the nearby overflow room one day for snapping a souvenir photo, protesting as he was led away by marshals that he had arrived hours early to get his spot.

From The Wall Street Journal May 16, 2026

Four federal air marshals with the Department of Homeland Security, who were working a security assignment nearby, witnessed the confrontation and rushed in to assist, according to police.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 18, 2026

Two days after publication, Victoria Woodhull and her sister Tennessee Claflin were distributing three thousand copies of the paper around town when US marshals stopped them.

From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling

New York City’s charismatic mayor, Zohran Mamdani, won his election as a DSA member in 2025 and has since marshaled political support for fellow progressives running for other offices in the city he runs.

From Salon Jul. 8, 2026

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker, who first proposed the park and marshaled $500 million in state funding for it, said he is hoping it can help jump-start Illinois’s economic growth, which has lagged behind the nation’s.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 23, 2026

But rather than reacting rashly, he marshaled a tenacious defense, not losing his composure or allowing himself to be tempted into a hotheaded action that could have led to disaster.

From Slate Apr. 13, 2026

Even the Treasury’s pivot toward heavier Treasury bill financing points to a world in which market structure, regulation, and innovation are quietly being marshaled to sustain an ever-larger debt load.

From Barron's Nov. 7, 2025

He hesitated for a moment, wondering how best to embark on what he wanted to say; as he marshaled his thoughts, Celestina Warbeck began a ballad called “You Charmed the Heart Right Out of Me.”

From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling

They have created the infrastructure and marshalled the resources for an intergenerational struggle.

From Salon Jul. 9, 2026

Sturgeon had clearly marshalled her arguments before our conversation started.

From BBC May 31, 2026

India were 161-2 in the 22nd over when the former captain was dismissed and run-scoring became more difficult in the middle overs but the hosts were superbly marshalled by Kohli.

From BBC Nov. 30, 2025

After the event, as fans tried to head home, car parks became gridlocked as vehicles which had earlier been marshalled into rows tried to move off.

From BBC Jul. 5, 2025

There on the wide flats beside the noisy river were marshalled in many companies well nigh five and fifty hundreds of Riders fully armed, and many hundreds of other men with spare horses lightly burdened.

From "The Return of the King" by J.R.R. Tolkien

Glowicki is a terrific filmmaker, marshaling her tiny troupe to execute this unique project.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 27, 2026

The initiative, described as the largest marshaling of federal scientific resources since Apollo, will require significant computing power.

From Barron's Nov. 24, 2025

This time, financiers are marshaling even larger sums.

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 17, 2025

In South Korea, the country’s sprawling family-run conglomerates turbocharged the "Miracle on the Han River" by marshaling capital, technology and labor to industrialize the country at breakneck speed.

From Salon Dec. 31, 2024

The Heads of Houses moved among the students, marshaling them into position and breaking up arguments.

From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling

Trusty alone made 17 clearances and three interceptions, marshalling the depleted visitors to great effect.

From BBC Jan. 22, 2026

Accurate CFRs are critically important in an outbreak because marshalling a public health response depends on understanding the disease’s severity.

From Salon Jul. 23, 2024

Recognizing this link between widely consumed food and disease is essential in marshalling forces to change harmful outcomes.

From Salon Mar. 28, 2024

First capped in the final games of Coleman's reign, his first start against Ireland in 2018 saw Ampadu direct proceedings, marshalling far more experienced team-mates as if born for the international stage.

From BBC Mar. 18, 2024

All through the frieze are magistrates and heralds marshalling the order of the procession.

From A Catalogue of Sculpture in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities, British Museum, Volume I (of 2) by Smith, A. H.




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