carving

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She hit one glorious carving drive over extra cover for six early on and in the 15th over kicked for home by hitting spinner Sree Charani for a four and two thumping sixes.

From BBC • Jun. 2, 2026

"LASIK is just a fancy way of doing traditional surgery. It's still carving tissue -- it's just carving with a laser."

From Science Daily • May 28, 2026

“We have to ask hard questions, such as, have we thought of carving off money for a potential health challenge?”

From MarketWatch • May 19, 2026

Firefighters were seeking to contain the fire using preexisting features such as roads, ridges and trails rather than carving a fire line through the island’s sensitive ecosystems, he said.

From Los Angeles Times • May 18, 2026

Christopher watched the two sphinxes carving into the mountain as they approached; the rock gave way to their claws with a high, grating sound.

From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell