carve
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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
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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
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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
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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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