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etched in stone



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"I don't think that many people believe that those numbers are etched in stone just yet," he says.

From BBC Apr. 4, 2025

“His is but one story of many whose names are etched in stone on our memorial.”

From Seattle Times May 26, 2024

“I have nothing that’s truly etched in stone, except what is truly right,” Garvey said of his own ideology at the late-January debate hosted by Politico.

From Slate Feb. 5, 2024

But as the experiences of New York City and Los Angeles County show, the path of the pandemic was not etched in stone.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 7, 2023

Butler’s features could have been etched in stone.

From "Artemis Fowl" by Eoin Colfer




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