chess set
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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But Duchamp’s greatest objects are his designs for exhibition brochures and posters, and a masterly wooden chess set from 1918.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 30, 2026
Chacho's clients got up and headed calmly towards the nearest shelter -- a school basement next door complete with a table football, giant chess set and collection of Harry Potter books.
From Barron's • Mar. 10, 2026
Almost every day for the last two years, Vincent “VDogg” Hubbard has stood outside the Louisiana Fried Chicken at Manchester and Normandie avenues with a suitcase full of cocoa butter and a traveling chess set.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 10, 2023
That may now be about to change with English chess set to get a £500,000 funding boost from the government to help young talent develop.
From BBC • Aug. 30, 2023
Lynn and I played soldier with the chess set.
From "Kira-Kira" by Cynthia Kadohata
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