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In the historic Japanese city of Kanazawa, craftsmen painstakingly shape and slice blocks of ice destined to chill negronis in some of the world's trendiest bars.

From Barron's ● Sep. 6, 2026

In the years when the Hilltop Youth took shape, Dvir Kariv served as an officer for a special unit of Shin Bet, Israel’s internal security service, assigned to prevent Jewish terrorism.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 6, 2026

As an artist, you’re not often given the chance to shape the narrative of your own end.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 5, 2026

When quizzed by the organisers, the miscreants confessed that they had sanded them into a better shape - and were duly disqualified.

From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026

The roof was so warped and waterlogged it had assumed the shape of a soggy leaf.

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman

Its developers believe the framework could be adapted for tokamaks with different shapes, sizes and instruments, including fusion machines that have not yet been designed.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 6, 2026

"Equal Earth preserves the relative surface areas of continents and, as much as possible, shows their shapes as they appear on a globe," one of the cartographers, Bojan Savric, told AFP in 2025.

From Barron's ● Sep. 4, 2026

This competitive ecosystem also shapes how younger siblings play.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026

But market corrections and recessions come in all shapes and sizes.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 29, 2026

The meager light from the arena spilled around them, barely lighting the room enough to make out shapes.

From Anya and the Nightingale by Sofiya Pasternack

Across the country, access to recess remains a patchwork, shaped by how laws are enforced.

From Slate ● Sep. 5, 2026

Around his neck hangs a trio of bells with clappers shaped like bones, indicating the being’s connection with the underworld.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026

Sixty years later, Janett is one of the many survivors of the Aberfan disaster whose lives were shaped by what they experienced.

From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2026

"Arboreality is fundamental to understanding primates - including ourselves - because it has shaped our body to a large degree: hands and feet, wrists and ankles, nails instead of claws, etc.,"

From Science Daily ● Aug. 31, 2026

Crocodile Guts’s boat had been shaped to move smoothly in the water.

From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer

She believed in shaping the future by being fearlessly frank about the present and the past.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2026

The team studied morning glories as part of a broader effort to understand how human-caused global change is shaping evolution.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 4, 2026

Resident blacksmith Joe Shevelan said it was "incredibly special" to be part of seeing the craft of shaping and joining metal return.

From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2026

China is "clearly seeking Egypt's cooperation in managing and shaping regional affairs", said Liu Jia, a research fellow at the Singapore-based Middle East Institute.

From Barron's ● Sep. 1, 2026

Once more he placed his half-formed bowl upon the shaping stake and, raising his elbow high, gave a sharp, firm tap.

From "The Golden Goblet" by Eloise Jarvis McGraw