carve
Example Sentences
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Dealt a bad card with the safety car but couldn't exactly carve his way through the field and couldn't find a way past Leclerc for the final podium place.
From BBC • Mar. 29, 2026
Their plan was good in theory: The Scots would carve a route across Panama and control trade between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 18, 2026
The Schneiders, who both built their careers in publishing, believe that they can carve out a financially stable path forward.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 7, 2026
Those motions build mountain ranges, carve deep ocean trenches, and fuel volcanic activity around the Pacific.
From Science Daily • Feb. 18, 2026
“If I could carve gems and do all those other things,” Taran remarked sympathetically to Doli, “I wouldn’t mind not being invisible. All I know is vegetables and horseshoes, and not too much about either.”
From "The Book of Three" by Lloyd Alexander
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