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Mariel

American  
[mah-ryel] / mɑˈrjɛl /

noun

  1. a city and seaport of Cuba, on the W coast, SW of Havana.


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Mariel Loveland, a singer-songwriter in New York, said one autocorrect fail has become a long-running gag among musicians.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 29, 2026

Meanwhile, at the Mariel commercial port, outside the capital, containers are piling up.

From Barron's • Feb. 24, 2026

This story was originally reported by Amanda Becker, Orion Rummler and Mariel Padilla of The 19th.

From Salon • Dec. 22, 2025

Nestled among them, Mariel Rodriguez’s 175-square-foot plot is strewn with experiments: sheets of foil to deter garden rats, raised beds to minimize shadow and plant cloches to partition herbs.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 17, 2025

This had become abundantly clear ever since a competition in Seoul, Korea, earlier in the year when for the first time ever, I beat Mariel at a competition.

From "Proud" by Ibtihaj Muhammad

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