carve

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As their characters, Conforti, Blanchard and Ardies, deftly carve out discrete personalities beneath their plum-colored homogeneity, each playing a role that is, in turn, playing a role while also remaining desperately human.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 8, 2026

The military is trying to carve out a buffer zone inside Lebanon deep enough to put border communities beyond the militants’ reach.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026

She paid an emotional tribute to her eight-month-old daughter, and thanked her parents "for teaching us to dream, and to never be defined by expectation, but to carve from your own passion".

From BBC • Mar. 16, 2026

"It's long enough to meaningfully shift anxiety levels, but not so long that listeners need to carve out a large block of time."

From Science Daily • Mar. 16, 2026

Jennifer is determined to carve her into the perfect-little-girl who will turn into the perfect-young-lady whose shining accomplishments will prove to the world that Jennifer is the absolutely perfect mother.

From "Wintergirls" by Laurie Halse Anderson