emboss
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The coin, designed by east London artist and LGBTQ+ activist Dominique Holmes, uses state-of-the-art printing technology to emboss it with the colours of the Pride progress flag.
From Reuters ● May 18, 2022
It happens on the third day, after our bookbinding class, having spent the morning deep in concentration learning how to Coptic-stitch and emboss our own leather journal.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 28, 2019
In the real world, opportunities for selling and recruiting dry up very quickly, no matter how many inspirational seminars you attend and business cards you emboss.
From Slate ● Jul. 20, 2016
Beneath the obvious mowing patterns, I can make out the faint paths where the grounds crew cuts it foul pole to foul pole, so as not to emboss the outfield with game-changing ridges.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2015
If they succeed in making a cup, they betray a tendency to ornament its rim or stem, or to emboss a story on its side.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 09, No. 56, June, 1862 by Various
Coca-Cola takes that engraving process a step further with a machine that snaps a photo of the user, then embosses that picture onto the iconic red can of soda.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 6, 2026
In his workshop, Demnig embosses the name and date of birth and circumstances of death by hand.
From Reuters ● May 5, 2023
Noel fixed up the living room with a desk where she keeps her paint and other materials; she embosses and paints aluminum from old beer cans, making sacred hearts, roses and other pop art.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 11, 2020
A record-holding winner of six Tony Awards, for both plays and musicals, Ms. McDonald embosses any production in which she appears with a good-value guarantee.
From New York Times ● Aug. 9, 2015
Outside a suite of executive branch offices I spotted a dark-suited bald man carrying a file with the White House seal embossed on it.
From Slate ● Jun. 5, 2026
The court heard the accompanying paperwork had been typed using a typewriter on paper embossed with an antiques dealers' logo – and even a nine-pence stamp.
From BBC ● May 22, 2026
Up front, a fierce rictus of sterling-bright, illuminated vertical bars is capped with a chrome plate embossed with the word “Maybach.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 2, 2026
There’s the front door intercom panel, a pair of embossed leather club chairs and, fatefully, Mr Big’s Peloton water bottle.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 28, 2026
Between the point, worn away into a little hole, and the pink lips of the mouth, lay eighteen inches of shell with a slight spiral twist and covered with a delicate, embossed pattern.
From "Lord of the Flies" by William Golding
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Their embossing reads: “Marty Supreme — Made in America.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 23, 2025
They were also more interesting to look at than regular cash, often containing beautiful engraving or gold embossing.
From Salon ● Oct. 16, 2024
On the holster, in blue embossing tape, was an American name and a Colorado address.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 17, 2023
There’s also a creamy French Country line with sweet embossing on the edges.
From Washington Times ● Jun. 19, 2023
There is also an active trade in embossing or engraving copper and brass utensils.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 2 "Constantine Pavlovich" to "Convention" by Various
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