carve
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I had to carve a niche out for myself in the industry.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2026
I really wanted to carve out time to be there.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 23, 2026
Although Scotland have struggled to carve out meaningful opportunities in their two group matches, they have been largely solid in defence.
From BBC ● Jun. 21, 2026
The data-analytics company is pushing further into AI applications for general work as it aims to carve out a place in the artificial-intelligence world.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 17, 2026
Maybe Uncle will teach us how to carve.
From "The Night Diary" by Veera Hiranandani
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A real plan carves out a protected reserve for that upfront, so the late-life risk is handled and the earlier spending is guilt-free.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 16, 2026
The agreement also carves Disney a strong presence on YouTube TV as well as the main YouTube app, the companies said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 14, 2025
Rather than walk in the footsteps of its predecessors, Lux carves its own, unique path - harnessing Rosalía's classical training at the prestigious Catalonia College of Music.
From BBC ● Nov. 6, 2025
Condé Nast, which owns the New Yorker, Vanity Fair and Bon Appétit, is embracing flashy events, paywalls and other revenue sources as it carves out a new model.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 2025
“Woodcutters, carpenters, the lady who carves spoons. I could go on and on.”
From "The Girl Who Drank the Moon" by Kelly Barnhill
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China and Russia have also carved out economic and security ties, respectively, in Africa.
From Barron's ● Jul. 22, 2026
Fittingly, the last scene Connor and Locke filmed as Nick and Charlie was the anniversary scene in the park where there is a fallen tree with the letters “N+C” carved into the trunk.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2026
After surviving an attempted ouster two years prior, chief Sam Altman had carved OpenAI into his nascent industry’s undisputed king and hitched himself closely to the much wealthier Microsoft to bankroll growth.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026
But if that were true, he wouldn’t have carved out the Fed!
From Slate ● Jul. 7, 2026
It seems a miracle that this glorious monument to the pharaoh was carved out of raw granite that was once buried in the ground at Aswan.
From "The (Mostly) True Story of Cleopatra's Needle" by Dan Gutman
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He apprenticed in Paris with Constantin Brancusi—who had briefly assisted Auguste Rodin—absorbing a sculptural vocabulary grounded in direct carving and essential form.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 1, 2026
Dow Agrosciences case showed the court carving a limitation in the rollback for FIFRA, the same statute at play in Monsanto.
From Slate ● Jun. 25, 2026
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
“I better get back to muffin-making. Before you know it, we’ll be carving pumpkins,” Sue says.
From "Muffled" by Jennifer Gennari
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