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KYIV, Ukraine—It was late January, and an elite Ukrainian team grabbed their tools for a special operation critical to their country’s resistance against Russia: an underwater drone, a hammer and a chisel.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 15, 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

Alternatively, it might just be a personal DIY job they want assistance with, or just some company while they potter and chisel away.

From BBC ● Nov. 1, 2024

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

He washes my chisel off in the sink and puts bleach on it.

From "Speak" by Laurie Halse Anderson

"We used big chisels on the end of broom handles. A bit like gardening hoes. You use those to stab at it and shave stuff way," explained Roche.

From BBC ● Mar. 1, 2026

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

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

Mr. Woodwell nods as he wraps his chisels up in soft cloth.

From "The Young Man and the Sea" by Rodman Philbrick

“Invitation” begins with “Circus,” with Kelly made up as a clown who pines for a beautiful performer, danced by Claire Sombert, who is herself in love with a chiseled aerialist, played by Igor Youskevitch.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026

I’m just like, “Wow, you look like a chiseled goddess.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 22, 2026

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

Redford’s most memorable roles were arguably those that exploited the juxtaposition of the actor’s chiseled, class-president good looks and his ability to conjure up a scarred and hostile psyche.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2025

His wing collar flared below his chiseled chin.

From "Secrets at Sea" by Richard Peck

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

He was the "full package," Mr Tracey added, "including the chiselled good looks".

From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2025

Lithe, with abs chiselled from granite and blond in his hair, he looked like WWE wrestler Cody Rhodes.

From BBC ● May 12, 2024

A cat that was chiselled out from between two walls by firefighters appeared more angered than relieved after its rescue.

From BBC ● Apr. 14, 2024

‘There’s no such thing as “safe” any more,’ she said, her words chiselled into arrows by her anger.

From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler

“Looksmaxxing” has men injecting themselves with unregulated peptides and 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

And, after a few years toying around with a spread offense, Harbaugh went back to his roots, chiseling a dominant running attack behind a grisly offensive line.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 6, 2024

By reducing the cost of chiseling, Springut reasons, architects can once again embrace the decorative flourishes of carved stone.

From Slate ● Aug. 21, 2023

Though scarred and cracked, they were sculpted from years of hammering, chiseling, and fishing, and were twice the size of the foreman's.

From "Tiger Boy" by Mitali Perkins

The team experimented with different carving and chiselling techniques and discovered fire was also an effective way to carve out the inside of the boat.

From BBC ● May 25, 2024

"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

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

In Defoe’s tale, Robinson Crusoe spends five months making a canoe for himself, felling a cedar-tree, paring away its branches and chiselling out its innards.

From Economist ● May 24, 2012

Now and then the flickering firelight touched his face and showed the harsh lines of its rugged chiselling and the steadiness of his contemplative eyes.

From Delilah of the Snows by Bindloss, Harold