chisel
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Failure is fatal only when the chisel is abandoned and despair prevails.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 7, 2026
“CMS is continuing to chisel away at higher spending associated with coding intensity,” says Tricia Neuman, executive director for the Program on Medicare Policy at KFF, a health policy nonprofit.
From Barron's ● Jan. 27, 2026
They stooped to cut the right-size stalks at the base with a sudden jab of an asparagus knife, a tool that resembles a fireplace poker with a forked chisel tip instead of a point.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 8, 2024
"There were chisel marks in the rock to suggest someone had found another bit and then ran off with it," says Dr Clark.
From BBC ● Feb. 9, 2024
Tiny words that must’ve taken forever to chisel out.
From "Gregor the Overlander" by Suzanne Collins
One promising option is tungsten carbide, an Earth-abundant material already widely used in industrial machinery, cutting tools, and chisels.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 24, 2026
Every day in prison "chisels away at their mental and physical health," Mr Bennett said, adding: "They are not spies for the British state."
From BBC ● Jan. 3, 2026
But when he has more time, he prefers snorkeling in riverbeds where he chisels into bedrock.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2025
He saw others who wanted to take a piece of it, who’d come to the metaphorical mountain with chisels in hand.
From Slate ● Nov. 28, 2024
A yellow-shafted flicker chisels for an insect in a tree, and a kingfisher alights on an aspen bough.
From "On the Far Side of the Mountain" by Jean Craighead George
Its details are sharply chiseled and fluted, in the Streamline Moderne mode, and they turn what would otherwise be raw construction into lyrical architecture.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 27, 2026
“I felt so much pressure every time I go on Instagram and I see these chiseled, really fit, good-looking guys,” says Robinson, a 31-year-old Manhattan resident who designs hospitals.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 4, 2026
Larry’s the pragmatic choice, but Luke is the romantic one, down to his handsome, chiseled features right out of a supermarket paperback.
From Salon ● Nov. 27, 2025
Farther down the Strip, I chatted with a convincing Captain America, whose chiseled jawline and sandy blond hair were betrayed only by his height, about 5-foot-10.
From Slate ● Nov. 18, 2025
In fact, it was the saying Swanburne Academy had taken as its motto, chiseled into the stone arch over the entryway to the main building in which classes were held.
From "The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling" by Maryrose Wood
Styles has a lot in common with the King of Rock and Roll: from his chiselled good looks to the particular way he wiggles his hips.
From BBC ● Jun. 13, 2026
They show chiselled physiques, striking before‑and‑after images and claims that you can look years younger by following a simple routine.
From BBC ● May 7, 2026
The rest of the pack includes influencer-turned-pop star Addison Rae, influencer-turned-pop star Alex Warren, frenetic girl group Katseye, chiselled rock star Sombr and LA indie outfit The Marías.
From BBC ● Jan. 31, 2026
"But I think I'd remember if you'd done something odd," reassures Archer, all chiselled good looks and friendly bonhomie.
From BBC ● May 8, 2025
His face was chiselled and bronze, his eyes black as basalt, his curly dark hair glistening with oil.
From "Blood of Olympus" by Rick Riordan
“Looksmaxxing” has men hammering their jawlines, chiseling their own bone structure like Michelangelo with a front-facing camera.
From Salon ● May 27, 2026
Zhong likens this to a sculptor chiseling away at marble until the final form emerges.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 13, 2025
By reducing the cost of chiseling, Springut reasons, architects can once again embrace the decorative flourishes of carved stone.
From Slate ● Aug. 21, 2023
Seated at one of the workbenches, Joni Bosh is hard at work chiseling along the curved side ribs of her violin-in-progress.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 2, 2023
He stops to brush around a dark spot with his finger, chiseling around its perimeter until a rock comes loose.
From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera
"I had run out of energy and I was deep in my pain cave. No matter how hard I was chiselling at it, it wasn't translating to power."
From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2023
However, he said a local architect had "spotted its significance and got permission to save the artwork, spending a day chiselling it off the wall".
From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2022
Typically, I’d work at the face, up against the rock, chiselling the coal out.
From The Guardian ● Sep. 8, 2017
We entered frosty courts by a secret hatchway and waved wooden racquets in majestic arcs, a ceremony akin to polar explorers chiselling out ice caves.
From The New Yorker ● Jan. 18, 2016
The granite rends, at last, along the line, quite evenly, requiring very little chiselling afterwards to give the block a smooth face.
From Modern Painters, Volume IV (of V) by Ruskin, John
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