as in to pluck
to rob by the use of trickery or threats
ruthlessly chiseled other students out of their lunch money
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Recent Examples of chisel
Sculptor Roman Villarreal, whose portfolio includes works on Chicago’s South Side and at Steelworkers Park, chiseled the turtles out of 15,00-pound chunks of limestone.
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Doug Ross, Chicago Tribune, 5 Apr. 2025
The three prisoners chiseled an escape route from their own jail cells and built makeshift, papier mâché heads.
—Ryan Morik, Fox News, 13 Feb. 2025
One of the earliest pieces of evidence of using land to borrow goes back to the Code of Hammurabi, chiseled into stone almost 4,000 years ago.
—Roger Valdez, Forbes, 3 Mar. 2025
The seven new Deluxe Shoreside Rooms debuted with the hotel's 2023 opening and feel as if they were chiseled directly into the rocky terrain.
—Marquita K. Harris, Travel + Leisure, 22 Feb. 2025
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Doug Ross, Chicago Tribune, 5 Apr. 2025
The three prisoners chiseled an escape route from their own jail cells and built makeshift, papier mâché heads.
—Ryan Morik, Fox News, 13 Feb. 2025
One of the earliest pieces of evidence of using land to borrow goes back to the Code of Hammurabi, chiseled into stone almost 4,000 years ago.
—Roger Valdez, Forbes, 3 Mar. 2025
The seven new Deluxe Shoreside Rooms debuted with the hotel's 2023 opening and feel as if they were chiseled directly into the rocky terrain.
—Marquita K. Harris, Travel + Leisure, 22 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for chisel
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The defending champion Philadelphia Eagles have drawn the blueprint on perpetually pouring resources into the front seven on defense, consistently plucking players from SEC schools and throwing them onto an assembly line of quarterback mashers.—
Nick Kosmider,
New York Times,
22 May 2025
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Women dominate the lower tiers of tea labor, from plucking to packaging and remain vastly underrepresented in management, ownership, or policy influence.—
Dianne Plummer,
Forbes.com,
21 May 2025
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Hundreds of people squeezed into the Jewish Community Center in Boulder, Colo., for a vigil that featured prayer, singing and emotional testimony from a victim and witnesses of the firebombing attack in the city’s downtown, after a federal judge blocked the deportation of the suspect’s family.—
Colleen Slevin,
Los Angeles Times,
5 June 2025
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In some towns, utility poles were removed so the caravans could squeeze through.—
Angela Jackson,
Forbes.com,
5 June 2025
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The responsibility and reasoning behind infidelity lie solely with the person who cheated.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
2 June 2025
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After reconciling, the former couple still faced several challenges, including cheating allegations and public social media fallouts.—
Elizabeth Ayoola,
Essence,
30 May 2025
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And while other candidates have brought up the allegations and hit at Cuomo's record, no one attack seems to be sticking, and polling shows that Cuomo remains the front-runner.—
Oren Oppenheim,
ABC News,
4 June 2025
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Only a year ago, Google released AI Overviews, a search feature that told users to eat rocks and use glue to stick cheese to pizza.—
Matteo Wong,
The Atlantic,
3 June 2025
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Its allure is rooted in seeing the celebrity guest melt beneath the weight of hot sauce: Shaq’s eyes stung red with tears, viscera gushed from O’Brien nose.—
Nicholas Quah,
Vulture,
27 May 2025
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Recent history suggests that Republicans would take few lessons from even a stinging rebuke in the midterms.—
Chris Stirewalt,
The Hill,
23 May 2025
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Police officers, firefighters and service members hustled to unload carloads of diapers, car seats, clothes, toys, books and toiletries that residents had dropped off.—
Tammy Murga,
Mercury News,
23 May 2025
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Callers lighting up sports talk radio, debating what’s a bigger deal – Soto not shuffling or Soto not hustling?—
Mirjam Swanson,
Oc Register,
22 May 2025
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The men beat 27-year-old Chin with a baseball bat, cracking his skull.—
Hannah Allam,
ProPublica,
31 May 2025
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The Oilers, who finished third in the Pacific Division, beat the Los Angeles Kings in six games, the Vegas Golden Knights in five games and the Dallas Stars in five games to return to the Stanley Cup Final.—
Jordan McPherson,
Miami Herald,
30 May 2025
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“Chisel.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chisel. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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