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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 position was created by statute in the 1800s; the marshal serves as the chief of police for the court, attends each court session, and handles ministerial duties, like paying the justices and their staffs.

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

The field marshal exercises tight security control in the area he rules and, now Belgacem, one of his six sons, heads a reconstruction programme and appears to be seeking to restore the clan's legitimacy.

From Barron's May 26, 2026

I thought then that Wayne Parr would always reign as our grand marshal.

From "Stargirl" by Jerry Spinelli

Here he deftly marshals the evidence in support of his contrarian pose.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 16, 2026

Three US marshals stood behind him, and one was at his side, while the federal prosecutor handling the case, US Attorney for Washington Jeanine Pirro, looked on.

From BBC Apr. 27, 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

A fourth, an Israeli El Al flight, was saved by plainclothes Israeli air marshals who had been placed on board as a new security measure.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 3, 2026

Across the street the U.S. marshals stood unmoving.

From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck

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

He marshaled resources to help Detroit rebound from bankruptcy in 2013 and has helped organize business-civic organizations that counsel pro-business officials across the country, including the mayor of San Francisco, Daniel Lurie.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 30, 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

Somehow I marshaled the concentration to lift an arm and pull him close.

From "Endangered" by Eliot Schrefer

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

From Salon Jul. 9, 2026

They could have had even more with an attack marshalled by Antoine Dupont and Matthieu Jalibert racking up 28 line breaks, 31 defenders beaten, 1,136 carry metres and 24 offloads.

From BBC Feb. 15, 2026

By 2010, Woodcock had marshalled the center into a powerhouse with great independence — in many ways, outside the reach of the political whims of the commissioners who came and went.

From Salon Jun. 18, 2025

Because Bordeaux's backline, marshalled by the quicksilver Mathieu Jalibert and laced with the pace of Penaud and Louis Bielle-Biarrey, is the most dangerous in the competition off turnover ball and in broken field.

From BBC May 24, 2025

The indefatigable bell now sounded for the fourth time: the classes were marshalled and marched into another room to breakfast: how glad I was to behold a prospect of getting something to eat!

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë

He wanted more of them and made his name marshaling often arcane data to win arguments.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 28, 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

Rather, it is a portrait of an artist at work, marshaling tremendous resources at great personal expense in pursuit of a result that remains elusive, perhaps to himself most of all.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 19, 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

Pulling it off was going to mean marshaling all his resources and making some very tough decisions.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown

His only involvement for the rest of the day was marshalling his team in the field, often hunched over with hands on knees.

From BBC Jul. 26, 2025

Moving the cruise berth will also free up space to expand the harbour's existing marshalling area for wind turbines.

From BBC Jan. 21, 2025

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

I can see "Ulster" in a gorgeous tabard, flitting to and fro, marshalling grandees, as none so well know how to marshal them, each according to his or her degree.

From The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine by Rameur, E.




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