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Recent Examples of scarabGolden scarabs are scattered in each level and are a reward for players who thoroughly explore the world.—Gieson Cacho, Mercury News, 30 July 2025 More recently, however, Raul persuaded his father to downsize the scarabs from about six centimeters, or almost 2.5 inches, to as small as 1.5 centimeters.—Kathleen Beckett, New York Times, 20 May 2025 The scarabs are about the size of the palm of your hand.—The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 22 Apr. 2025 Like the Wade Necklace, this is the first time the scarab design has been used in a film.—Laurie Brookins, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2019 See All Example Sentences for scarab
The late Princess of Wales often wore the sapphire cabochon and diamond cluster earrings for royal engagements, wearing them as both double drops and studs over the years.
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Isaac Bickerstaff,
Glamour,
13 Oct. 2025
These included Mirasol, which is named after the El Mirasol villa — one of architect Addison Mizner’s most famous designs — and played with volumes, cabochon cuts and a mix of gold, pink opal and freshwater pearls in a chunky ring, earrings and a standout long necklace.
The combination set the leggings-and-heel unit as the look’s main structure, while small hoop earrings, a solitaire ring and black rectangular sunglasses completed the look.
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Maggie Clancy,
Footwear News,
21 Jan. 2026
In another snap, the couple can be seen embracing with big smiles as Powell shows off her new jewelry, seemingly a round solitaire diamond ring.
Glaciers leave fingerprints Using world-leading equipment at Curtin’s John de Laeter Centre, the team analyzed more than 500 zircon crystals, one of the most durable minerals on Earth.
The rock sample didn’t contain a tough mineral known as a zircon — the easiest and most reliable way to date old rock formations — and little is definitive when dealing with rocks and minerals that have histories spanning more than 4 billion years.