carved

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Coast Guard images showed the 67-year-old man had carved “SOS” into what looked like charred ground before being rescued by helicopter.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2026

On its weekly chart, it has carved out a bullish inverse head and shoulders formation dating back to last March following the end of a 10-week losing streak.

From Barron's • Jun. 2, 2026

It will be engraved with my name and the dates of my birth and death, and also with the symbols of six religions, carved in a single line.

From Salon • Jun. 1, 2026

He was part of the 'Big Three' era, where he, Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic carved up the sport's biggest prizes and thrilled fans.

From BBC • May 29, 2026

In what little free time they had, they fished and hunted, quilted and kept chickens, tended their gardens, and had children who played with simple toys such as marbles or animals roughly carved from wood.

From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis