carving

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Carving the intricate statues, which are often adorned with bright paint and gold leaf, was an art he learned from his father as a teenager.

From Barron's • Jan. 19, 2026

Carving out a career in South Africa's booming outsourced services industry is not something to be taken lightly when you consider the country's unemployment rate is around 33%, one of the highest in the world.

From BBC • Oct. 22, 2025

Carving out certain spots for the athletes on U.S. and Canadian teams would create logistical problems of its own in the selection process.

From Washington Times • Dec. 6, 2023

Carving out time to visualize and imagine our own passing can help us face that fear in a productive way.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 20, 2023

“Listen,” he said, “you want me to go writing your name everywhere? Carving your initials on trees? Writing ‘Eleanor, Eleanor’ on little scraps of paper?”

From "The Haunting of Hill House" by Shirley Jackson