carving
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Before carving out a career in sports broadcasting and voice acting, Horton was just a teenaged high school basketball reject.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
The real solution starts with making sure you’re carving out time in an employee’s daily job.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026
In Kanazawa, workers dressed in full-body overalls haul large blocks of ice across the factory floor, before starting on the delicate work of carving perfect spheres, cubes and rectangular blocks with cut corners.
From Barron's ● Sep. 6, 2026
The satellite image shows an enormous chunk of the glacier has fallen away, carving an enormous path of rock and debris where water rushed through the valley.
From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026
A popular legend grew that Dolley Madison had cut the portrait out of its huge, heavy frame with a carving knife and carried it away.
From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis
According to the company’s website, the business sells precious and semi-precious crystal pendants, carvings and chains.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 13, 2026
The grand palace in the luxury Palmeraie neighbourhood of Marrakech has been described as an architectural masterpiece, built by 1,300 craftsmen and featuring ornate carvings and mosaics.
From BBC ● Feb. 27, 2026
Throughout there are animal wood carvings and beadwork, the latter often hung from sculptures made of tree branches.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 4, 2026
Their recognizable silhouettes, complete with coiled tails, even appear in ancient Egyptian rock carvings.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 19, 2025
Florida was sitting in the rocker, gently rocking, and on her lap were two of the wooden bird carvings from the mantel.
From "Ruby Holler" by Sharon Creech
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