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Summerween in “Gravity Falls” was more or less the same as regular Halloween — “a night to celebrate pure evil,” as Grunkle Stan puts it gleefully — with trick-or-treating, carved jack-o-watermelons, and a Summerween superstore.

From Salon • Jun. 30, 2026

The firefighters union began work on the tax proposal more than two years ago, before the inferno that erupted on Jan. 7, 2025, and carved a lethal path through Pacific Palisades and other communities.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 23, 2026

When this object collided with the Moon, it carved out a deep and uneven cavity while generating intense heat that melted rock in the basin's center.

From Science Daily • Jun. 22, 2026

The artefacts included an antler that would have been used for digging, and other carved animal bones, as well as finely decorated fragments of pottery.

From BBC • Jun. 17, 2026

In what little free time they had, they fished and hunted, quilted and kept chickens, tended their gardens, and had children who played with simple toys such as marbles or animals roughly carved from wood.

From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis