carving

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On the three-year weekly chart, the stock appears to be carving out what could become the right clavicle of a larger bearish head-and-shoulders formation.

From Barron's • Jun. 5, 2026

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

Instead of carving away tissue like LASIK, the method temporarily softens the cornea so it can be gently molded into a new shape.

From Science Daily • May 28, 2026

For St. Louis, the exposition functioned as an exercise in city-building and the carving out of civic spaces, including architect Cass Gilbert’s Palace of Fine Arts, which was renamed the St. Louis Art Museum.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 16, 2026

“To me it’s like carving one of Uncle Kufa’s walking sticks.”

From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer