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[kahrv] / kɑrv /


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The new prime minister, meanwhile, wants to carve out clear routes into technical jobs that can rival the well-established path of A-levels and a university degree.

From BBC Aug. 13, 2026

The CPI and PPI might not carve a Fed rate hike in stone, but they could be the biggest building blocks.

From MarketWatch Aug. 11, 2026

I missed genuine Italian markets — the kind where they carve a slab of Parmesan out of a freshly cut wheel and offer you a piece to taste.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 24, 2026

There are carve outs, such as energy, which Schamotta says should limit the macroeconomic blow.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 20, 2026

Perhaps she and Twill can carve out a life somehow in the woods.

From "Catching Fire" by Suzanne Collins

A real plan carves out a protected reserve for that upfront, so the late-life risk is handled and the earlier spending is guilt-free.

From MarketWatch Jul. 16, 2026

Here it pushes and carves through a canyon of mud walls that resemble the color of a wasp’s nest.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 5, 2026

Rather than walk in the footsteps of its predecessors, Lux carves its own, unique path - harnessing Rosalía's classical training at the prestigious Catalonia College of Music.

From BBC Nov. 6, 2025

Condé Nast, which owns the New Yorker, Vanity Fair and Bon Appétit, is embracing flashy events, paywalls and other revenue sources as it carves out a new model.

From The Wall Street Journal Oct. 26, 2025

I notice the planes of his skull, showing through his shaved hair, and the jagged path his crooked nose carves down his face.

From "Allegiant" by Veronica Roth

Medpace has carved out a niche helping smaller biotechs navigate the regulatory process.

From Barron's Aug. 13, 2026

Instead, land-based bacteria consumed parts of the bones, while plant roots carved long grooves across their surfaces.

From Science Daily Aug. 4, 2026

The monastery includes a prayer chamber carved into the mountainside, where the worshippers had gathered for the special prayer service.

From BBC Aug. 4, 2026

A key find was a second boot, this one with “USA” on the sole and a name carved into the leather upper.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 30, 2026

Obelisks were carved at the granite quarry in Aswan, Egypt.

From "The (Mostly) True Story of Cleopatra's Needle" by Dan Gutman

While mining has temporarily stopped in Amin's village, not far from his home, in Gulak-Dara valley, dozens of diggers were carving into the mountainside.

From Barron's Aug. 9, 2026

And it was this upbringing that led to him carving a path as voice actor and physical performer.

From BBC Jul. 31, 2026

He apprenticed in Paris with Constantin Brancusi—who had briefly assisted Auguste Rodin—absorbing a sculptural vocabulary grounded in direct carving and essential form.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 1, 2026

It’s got two young lovers carving their names into car seat leather, and it’s got a girl trying to impress her boyfriend’s older sister with her cynical humor and her taste in yacht rock.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 12, 2026

At the moment, there were seven other Elders focused on prep work—dicing vegetables for stew, carving meat off carcasses.

From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith




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