chiselled

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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

The caption said crews "carefully chiselled" out the cornered kitty and that it was now "safe and sound".

From BBC • Apr. 14, 2024

He then took up a teaching position at the University of New Hampshire in Durham, where he quietly chiselled away at his passion, the statistical properties of prime numbers.

From Scientific American • Nov. 15, 2022

Iraqi sculptor Khaled Al-Abadi's carefully chiselled engravings of lions, chariots, and birds decorate his Mosul workshop - the fulfilment of a dream to "to recreate what was demolished" during turbulent years of war.

From Reuters • Sep. 23, 2022

The walls were made of rough-hewn stone blocks chiselled with Greek inscriptions - thousands and thousands of them, like graffiti.

From "Blood of Olympus" by Rick Riordan