chisel

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

Nonato laid his chisel against the mortar and gingerly began to tap the top of the tool with a hammer.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 18, 2025

"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

You could open an airshaft window, maybe, if you used a chisel and hammer.

From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith

JOHANNESBURG—For years, hundreds of illegal miners known locally as zama zamas prospected for gold on this patch of land on the outskirts of the city with hammers and chisels in hand-dug tunnels.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 27, 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

In the process, they uncovered hoe-spades, spears, knives, arrowheads, chisels, axes and swords made of iron.

From BBC ● Feb. 26, 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

In the window there were trays of nuts and bolts, worn-out chisels, penknives with broken blades, tarnished watches that did not even pretend to be in going order, and other miscellaneous rubbish.

From "1984" by George Orwell

He continues by "mewing," a TikTok trend where people suck in their cheeks and point a finger at their jawline to emphasize their chiseled features.

From Barron's ● Aug. 22, 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

Not Brody, whose chiseled, wiry presence is ever in motion, flailing, ducking, wincing, yearning.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 29, 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

I ran my fingers over the tiny, chiseled letters.

From "Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam" by Elizabeth Partridge

What counts as good looking is narrowly defined: chiselled facial features and visible muscles are non-negotiables.

From BBC ● Apr. 24, 2026

But Marvin's confident it's helping him achieve the appearance he desires - a hollow-cheeked, chiselled profile with sharp, pointed eyes and strong jawline.

From BBC ● Mar. 14, 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

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

From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2025

The ruins themselves weren’t that impressive: a few stone walls, a weed-choked central courtyard, a dead-end stairwell chiselled into the rock.

From "Blood of Olympus" by Rick Riordan

"Evolution is chiseling a sculpture, not constructing a building," Gokcumen said.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 10, 2026

“Looksmaxxing” has men hammering their jawlines, chiseling their own bone structure like Michelangelo with a front-facing camera.

From Salon ● May 27, 2026

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

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

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

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

At the back 126 the upper part of the shoulders is roughly cut away; the chiselling does not appear to be ancient, but may have been done after the figure had fallen from the pediment.

From A Catalogue of Sculpture in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities, British Museum, Volume I (of 2) by A. H. Smith