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Cortez rejected the gift as worthless—a relief for Montezuma and his jade collection in the short term, but fatal for jade's status as the most precious stone in the Americas.

Nothing Gold Can Stay Hugh Thomson 2011

Given the jade's provenance and its journey, Mei knows to treat the investigation as a most delicate matter; she cannot know, however, that this case will force her to delve not only into China's brutal history, but also into her family's dark secrets and into her own tragic separation from the man she loved in equal parts.

The Eye of Jade: Summary and book reviews of The Eye of Jade by Diane Wei Liang. 2008

You always end with a jade's trick: I know you of old.

The Long Goodbye 2007

We went to jade's house for lunch and other stuff!

j-gan Diary Entry j-gan 2008

Don Quixote, covered with shame and out of countenance, ran to pluck the plume from his poor jade's tail, while Sancho did the same for Dapple.

Don Quixote 2002

But I will never submit; I will be on my guard for the future; I will always carry a blade hidden under myrtle boughs; I will post myself in the public square under arms, shoulder to shoulder with Aristogiton; and now, to make a start, I must just break a few of that cursed old jade's teeth yonder.

Lysistrata 2000

Instead of shouting at Berelain or running from her, Perrin now tolerated the jade's blandishments, plainly tolerated them the way he would a child playing around his knees.

The Path of Daggers Jordan, Robert, 1948- 1998

Philosophers explain that it comes from jade's "right alignment with the earth axis."

The Lore of Gloranthan Gems and Near-Gems by Martin R. Crim Part II 1992

The sea was green and shone like dark jade with some of jade's intangible mistiness.

Elric At The End of Time Moorcock, Michael, 1939- 1984

When someone had offered her gold to burn the jade's farms, she had not stopped to ask why or query who the man with the deep-set, commanding eyes was behind his mask of black silk.

Conan The Triumphant Jordan, Robert, 1948- 1983