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Recent Examples of carved
Authorities also launched a road safety checkpoint on Highway 80, carved out emergency lanes on main roads and closed the 14th and 16th Street parking lots in an effort to maintain order.
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Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, FOXNews.com, 20 Apr. 2026
This site, the former capital of the Cherokee Nation, sits in a green valley carved by the confluence of Georgia's Coosawattee and Conasauga rivers.
—Keith Sharon, USA Today, 19 Apr. 2026
Virginia could also lose members who have carved out influence through bipartisan work and issue-specific advocacy.
—Lauren Green, The Washington Examiner, 19 Apr. 2026
His face, always stationed somewhere halfway to hangdog, seems to gain 20 new creases carved deep into his skin, accentuating his mournful eyes and his excruciated, heartbroken smile.
—Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 17 Apr. 2026
The thriller tells the story of Hig (played by Elordi), a young pilot who, together with a military survivalist, Bangley (Josh Brolin), has carved out an efficient but isolated homestead in a brutal post-apocalyptic world.
—Kirsten Chuba, HollywoodReporter, 16 Apr. 2026
What about the ten years during which Giacometti sculpted human heads from live study, and carved innumerable miniscule figurines?
—Ara H. Merjian, ARTnews.com, 16 Apr. 2026
They’re joined by rotating specials such as bone-in pork belly ribs and smoked flat iron steak carved into rosy pink slices.
—Robert F. Moss, Southern Living, 16 Apr. 2026
The fighting has carved a path of destruction from agricultural towns near the border to Beirut, killing more than 2,000 people and displacing in excess of 1 million others, according to Lebanese authorities.
—ABC News, 14 Apr. 2026
Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, FOXNews.com, 20 Apr. 2026
This site, the former capital of the Cherokee Nation, sits in a green valley carved by the confluence of Georgia's Coosawattee and Conasauga rivers.
—Keith Sharon, USA Today, 19 Apr. 2026
Virginia could also lose members who have carved out influence through bipartisan work and issue-specific advocacy.
—Lauren Green, The Washington Examiner, 19 Apr. 2026
His face, always stationed somewhere halfway to hangdog, seems to gain 20 new creases carved deep into his skin, accentuating his mournful eyes and his excruciated, heartbroken smile.
—Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 17 Apr. 2026
The thriller tells the story of Hig (played by Elordi), a young pilot who, together with a military survivalist, Bangley (Josh Brolin), has carved out an efficient but isolated homestead in a brutal post-apocalyptic world.
—Kirsten Chuba, HollywoodReporter, 16 Apr. 2026
What about the ten years during which Giacometti sculpted human heads from live study, and carved innumerable miniscule figurines?
—Ara H. Merjian, ARTnews.com, 16 Apr. 2026
They’re joined by rotating specials such as bone-in pork belly ribs and smoked flat iron steak carved into rosy pink slices.
—Robert F. Moss, Southern Living, 16 Apr. 2026
The fighting has carved a path of destruction from agricultural towns near the border to Beirut, killing more than 2,000 people and displacing in excess of 1 million others, according to Lebanese authorities.
—ABC News, 14 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for carved
sculpted
Verb
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Gibb herself sculpted and cast the statue, unveiling it in 2021.—
Lance Reynolds,
Boston Herald,
19 Apr. 2026
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What about the ten years during which Giacometti sculpted human heads from live study, and carved innumerable miniscule figurines?—
Ara H. Merjian,
ARTnews.com,
16 Apr. 2026
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“Carved.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/carved. Accessed 26 Apr. 2026.
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