Mercury

Example Sentences

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The first one said that “Bobbie organic infant formula” had concerning levels of mercury.

From Salon • Mar. 20, 2026

Temperatures will be up to 30 degrees higher than typical for mid-March, when the mercury usually tops out in the upper 60s to mid-70s for much of the L.A. area.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 11, 2026

On many tracks, he crafts a thickened variation on Bob Dylan’s wild mercury sound, with gurgling organ, touches of strings and horns, and evocative swells of pedal-steel guitar.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 24, 2026

Restricting mercury pollution was another key issue for Kennedy, something he personally championed in the past.

From Slate • Feb. 21, 2026

He went directly to his mother’s bedroom, where Aureliano had boiled mercury for four months in his grandfather's grandfather’s water pipe to conserve the body according to Melquíades’ formula.

From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez