carving

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Some of her younger siblings went with her, carving out a new family dynamic in the process.

From BBC • Apr. 5, 2026

The titular “hare with the amber eyes” in Edmund de Waal’s memoir is a netsuke, a tiny Japanese carving intended as a fastener for use with a kimono.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026

There was an open bar, a roast beef carving station and trays of appetizers passed around a restaurant located on a Dallas Cowboys themed golf course.

From Slate • Mar. 30, 2026

On its weekly chart it is carving out a nice double bottom base, and March has broken above a short four month downtrend on the ratio chart versus the OIH.

From Barron's • Mar. 17, 2026

Unfortunately for rational Jam, the figure continued to blatantly prove her wrong, levering one arm out and reaching down to the floor for stability, the gold claws carving small strips from the hardwood.

From "Pet" by Akwaeke Emezi