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Recent Examples of solitaireThe store’s current top-ticket item is a solitaire diamond ring priced at $19,491.—Faith Karimi, CNN Money, 28 Nov. 2025 The teamup comes on the heels of Smith being spotted playing solitaire on his phone during game 4 of the NBA finals, Oklahoma City vs the Indiana Pacers, in June 2025.—Jennifer Maas, Variety, 3 Nov. 2025 In people who played games like solitaire, acetylcholine levels were unchanged.—Jon Hamilton, NPR, 22 Oct. 2025 The collection also proposes non-traditional solitaire rings and unisex pieces.—Paige Reddinger, Robb Report, 19 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for solitaire
Similarly, this engagement ring also prominently featured a cabochon cut sapphire weighing three carats with three small white diamonds on either side.
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Jessica Gibbs,
InStyle,
2 Apr. 2026
Today, it's attached to a 20th-century gold and cabochon ruby necklace made by Cartier to evoke the style of the original silk cord.
One of her favorite specimens was the rain beetle, a fuzzy scarab-like insect that can't feed as an adult, relying solely on fat stores from its larval stages.
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Christine Mai-Duc,
CBS News,
26 Feb. 2026
The old elegance of my heart became as small
As a coffin carved for a scarab which lived
Three thousand years ago and died of sun
And scalpel, supernatural, but musical.
Ice Cube definitely doesn’t seem interested in joining Snoop Dogg in a kitchen cameo with Martha Stewart anytime soon.
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Ben Crandell,
Sun Sentinel,
4 Apr. 2026
The most astonishing cameo occurs when Lara Jean comes to town, giving her little sister, Kitty, advice on the relationships of all the boys she’s loved before.
The findings may support another recent study, which uses ancient crystals of the mineral zircon—found in a different part of Western Australia—to suggest that pieces of Earth’s crust may have been melting back into the mantle around 3.35 billion years ago.
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Marissa Grunes,
Scientific American,
19 Mar. 2026
The operation in KwaZulu-Natal province is focused on extracting zircon, rutile, ilmenite, and titanium oxide — critical ingredients in products such as paint, sunscreen, and smartphones.
Plus, the single rhinestone on each nail gives this manicure just the right amount of bling.
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Annie Blay-Tettey,
Allure,
30 Mar. 2026
Cyrus has kept the spirits high by embodying her beloved character in a series of colorful, sequin, and rhinestone-studded looks on red carpets, even returning to that signature Hannah Montana blonde and set of bangs.