emboss
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The coin, designed by east London artist and LGBTQ+ activist Dominique Holmes, uses state-of-the-art printing technology to emboss it with the colours of the Pride progress flag.
From Reuters ● May 18, 2022
They might as well emboss Bette Midler’s statue now.
From The Guardian ● May 2, 2017
In the real world, opportunities for selling and recruiting dry up very quickly, no matter how many inspirational seminars you attend and business cards you emboss.
From Slate ● Jul. 20, 2016
Beneath the obvious mowing patterns, I can make out the faint paths where the grounds crew cuts it foul pole to foul pole, so as not to emboss the outfield with game-changing ridges.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2015
The poet Cowper sings of— Berries that emboss The bramble black as jet; and truly a plant which diffuses so many benefits, even under the least advantageous circumstances, may well deserve encomium.
From Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 462 Volume 18, New Series, November 6, 1852 by Chambers, Robert
Coca-Cola takes that engraving process a step further with a machine that snaps a photo of the user, then embosses that picture onto the iconic red can of soda.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 6, 2026
In his workshop, Demnig embosses the name and date of birth and circumstances of death by hand.
From Reuters ● May 5, 2023
Noel fixed up the living room with a desk where she keeps her paint and other materials; she embosses and paints aluminum from old beer cans, making sacred hearts, roses and other pop art.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 11, 2020
A record-holding winner of six Tony Awards, for both plays and musicals, Ms. McDonald embosses any production in which she appears with a good-value guarantee.
From New York Times ● Aug. 9, 2015
Outside a suite of executive branch offices I spotted a dark-suited bald man carrying a file with the White House seal embossed on it.
From Slate ● Jun. 5, 2026
The court heard the accompanying paperwork had been typed using a typewriter on paper embossed with an antiques dealers' logo – and even a nine-pence stamp.
From BBC ● May 22, 2026
Up front, a fierce rictus of sterling-bright, illuminated vertical bars is capped with a chrome plate embossed with the word “Maybach.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 2, 2026
She holds up a sepia photograph in a silver embossed frame: the clairvoyant Isabel Barros Moreira, her mother’s mother, her face placid, with dark hair and dark eyes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 29, 2026
Mama looked at the wall clock, a gift from a charity Papa donated to, oval shaped and embossed with his name in gold lettering.
From "Purple Hibiscus" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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Their embossing reads: “Marty Supreme — Made in America.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 23, 2025
They were also more interesting to look at than regular cash, often containing beautiful engraving or gold embossing.
From Salon ● Oct. 16, 2024
She used a label maker to punch her name and address onto blue embossing tape, and stuck it to the bottom of the leather camera case, just in case she lost it.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 17, 2023
There’s also a creamy French Country line with sweet embossing on the edges.
From Washington Times ● Jun. 19, 2023
Quite a number of inquiries have come to me as to what is "embossing" or "grilling."
From Harper's Round Table, July 16, 1895 by Various
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