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carve

[kahrv] / kɑrv /


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Andrew Jackson once threw a party at the White House, and 10,000 Washington residents showed up to help themselves to whatever they could carve from a 1,000-pound block of cheddar cheese.

From Salon ● Sep. 11, 2026

Iceland's government intends to carve out a "special arrangement" to protect fishing and agriculture, and the finance minister says they are confident of getting "some exemptions".

From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026

The CPI and PPI might not carve a Fed rate hike in stone, but they could be the biggest building blocks.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 11, 2026

As long as you keep in touch with your family and friends, you can carve out a small town anywhere.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2026

Grandma hunkered in the grass with a butcher knife to carve it into cakes.

From "A Long Way from Chicago" by Richard Peck

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 revival, directed by Cihan Sahin, who is also credited with the production and projection design, carves out pockets of visual poetry on the darkened stage.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 18, 2026

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

A master engraver expertly carves his designs onto a polished copper plate using an engraving tool called a burin.

From "The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science" by Joyce Sidman

Even back in 13th century Imperial China, the lengthy talons grown by nobility and the delicately carved brass nail shields which usually guarded them were a symbol of a life unmarred by manual labour.

From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2026

The impact carved out a crater 728 feet wide, roughly the length of two football fields.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 18, 2026

Sabalenka appeared to recover in the second set and carved out her best opportunities of the match late on.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 12, 2026

Sarah Jane has since carved out a career of her own in New York, working as a model, content creator and philanthropist.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 8, 2026

“I never knew Alfred carved that little village. That would be something to see.”

From "The Seven Wonders of Sassafras Springs" by Betty G. Birney

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

That boost has helped shield Korea from external shocks but is also carving out a “K-shaped” pattern of growth, in which technology industries are booming while nontech sectors are stalling.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026

Scientists have uncovered evidence that an enormous ancient cliff system may have helped expose the deepest rocks of the Grand Canyon nearly a billion years before the Colorado River began carving the landscape seen today.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 21, 2026

Tracy McGregor recalled the derailment as like a "metal tube carving through the earth", picking up dirt from the field.

From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026

In the morning, he ordered that the fish carving be brought to him.

From "When the Sea Turned to Silver" by Grace Lin




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