carving
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I never got the point of carving pumpkins.
From Salon ● Oct. 31, 2026
Individual women are breaking barriers across a range of different motorsports, and in some countries female drivers are carving out space in drag racing.
From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026
As for the Wolverines, it’s barely pumpkin carving season, and it’s getting ugly.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026
Before carving out a career in sports broadcasting and voice acting, Horton was just a teenaged high school basketball reject.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
It is a tiny golden carving of Odin, the all-father, on his high throne: the king.
From "Norse Mythology" by Neil Gaiman
In 1886 an American naval ship brought statues, wooden carvings, feather headdresses and stone tools to the Smithsonian Institution.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 20, 2026
Throughout there are animal wood carvings and beadwork, the latter often hung from sculptures made of tree branches.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 4, 2026
Used primarily as an office building, its ornate design, carvings and sculptures — including a ground floor fountain with frolicking bronze youths — hadn’t invited much public attention or appreciation.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 28, 2026
The oak refectory tables and benches, crafted by Robert "Mouseman" Thompson and featuring his trademark mice carvings, had been donated by former pupils.
From BBC ● Nov. 23, 2025
"There's a ladder there on the side of the pillar. You see it?" he said, pointing to the crumbling carvings.
From "A Wish in the Dark" by Christina Soontornvat
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