carve

Example Sentences

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Spain coach Luis de la Fuente called the chants "intolerable" and said "violent people use football to carve out a space for themselves".

From BBC • Apr. 1, 2026

Mary says the intent was “to give them an opportunity to move and carve their own path … We wanted them to find their passions.”

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 30, 2026

Their plan was good in theory: The Scots would carve a route across Panama and control trade between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 18, 2026

It's a competitive field, but the company hopes to carve out a niche by offering smaller businesses a customised tool that they don't need technical know-how to implement.

From Barron's • Feb. 18, 2026

But they also talked about games at recess, and friends who shared candy at lunchtime or loaned them pocketknives to carve with.

From "Among the Hidden" by Margaret Peterson Haddix