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as in swindling
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or chiselling
as in squeezing
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 chiseling
Patricia Shannon, Better Homes & Gardens, 1 Sep. 2025
The type of manual mining Ojibwe perform to obtain pipestone, however, involves crawling into small caves and careful chiseling by hand.
—Frank Vaisvilas, jsonline.com, 14 Aug. 2025
CBS News, 1 May 2026
Moyes knows this squad well, both its strengths and weaknesses, and has become adept at chiselling out points on his travels.
—Roshane Thomas, New York Times, 21 Apr. 2026
Monroe County High School students are chiseling a marble sculpture for America's 250th birthday, guided by an internationally renowned artist and supported by their community.
—Ray Padilla, Louisville Courier Journal, 11 Feb. 2026
Then the hard work began, like a sculptor chiseling a block of marble into a work of art.
—Andrew Carter, Chicago Tribune, 10 Jan. 2026
For 11 days starting in late January, downtown fills with ice and snow sculptures, lively parades, and some of the region’s most skilled carvers chiseling massive blocks into glistening scenes.
—Lauren Dana Ellman, Midwest Living, 29 Dec. 2025
The dog dug through the snow, chiseling out her masterpiece as the couple stood back laughing at Nala's determination to keep the snowman out of the yard.
—Liz O'Connell, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Dec. 2025
Jason Dawson of the Children's Cancer Centre chiseling the bricks around the time capsule.
—Patrick Smith, NBC news, 27 Aug. 2025
Noun
There’s an art to the hand-cutting and chiseling of the tiles which has been passed down through generations.
—Patricia Shannon, Better Homes & Gardens, 1 Sep. 2025
The type of manual mining Ojibwe perform to obtain pipestone, however, involves crawling into small caves and careful chiseling by hand.
—Frank Vaisvilas, jsonline.com, 14 Aug. 2025
Verb
The religious men took up residence among the locals—people who spent their days tending cows and sheep, churning butter, weeding onions and turnips, scouring the forests for mushrooms, and chiseling sculptures from the local limestone.
—CBS News, 1 May 2026
Moyes knows this squad well, both its strengths and weaknesses, and has become adept at chiselling out points on his travels.
—Roshane Thomas, New York Times, 21 Apr. 2026
Monroe County High School students are chiseling a marble sculpture for America's 250th birthday, guided by an internationally renowned artist and supported by their community.
—Ray Padilla, Louisville Courier Journal, 11 Feb. 2026
Then the hard work began, like a sculptor chiseling a block of marble into a work of art.
—Andrew Carter, Chicago Tribune, 10 Jan. 2026
For 11 days starting in late January, downtown fills with ice and snow sculptures, lively parades, and some of the region’s most skilled carvers chiseling massive blocks into glistening scenes.
—Lauren Dana Ellman, Midwest Living, 29 Dec. 2025
The dog dug through the snow, chiseling out her masterpiece as the couple stood back laughing at Nala's determination to keep the snowman out of the yard.
—Liz O'Connell, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Dec. 2025
Jason Dawson of the Children's Cancer Centre chiseling the bricks around the time capsule.
—Patrick Smith, NBC news, 27 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for chiseling
Noun
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Her lawyers, Giuseppe Iannaccone and Marcello Bana, have denied there was a case of grand larceny, which would include fraud and swindling.—
Luisa Zargani,
Footwear News,
14 Jan. 2026
Verb
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Gas prices, housing costs and groceries are squeezing people who are working hard yet still falling behind.—
Lucas Robinson,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
8 May 2026
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Prices for everything are higher, squeezing already tight budgets to the breaking point, with no end in sight.—
The Virginian Pilot And Daily Press Editorial Board,
The Orlando Sentinel,
3 May 2026
Noun
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The United States will compete in the relay, which starts with a section of skinning — essentially racing uphill with a free heel and climbing skins glued to the skis.—
The Sports Desk,
NBC news,
18 Feb. 2026
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Nicknamed skimo, ski mountaineering combines uphill skiing (skinning), technical climbing (bootpacking) and downhill skiing.—
Kyle Newman,
Denver Post,
1 Feb. 2026
Verb
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For some, working with soil evokes nostalgia for childhood summers, smelling thorny roses in bloom and plucking ripe tomatoes off the vine.—
Nicole Kliest,
Vogue,
20 Apr. 2026
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Brawley hires football coach After a months-long search, Brawley High School has hired a football coach, plucking Rick Stewart away from Calipatria.—
John Maffei,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
9 Apr. 2026
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Her defrauding of the Foundation, however, surpassed that figure as FBI agents dug deeper into her theft.—
Jay Weaver,
Miami Herald,
15 Dec. 2025
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And what could be more legitimate of a cause for removing a governor of the nation's central bank—which is, among other things, the lender of last resort to the country's financial institutions—than the alleged defrauding of those very financial institutions?—
Josh Hammer,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 Aug. 2025
Verb
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Over the past few years, Google has been hustling to reinvent its business for the AI age, trying to keep consumers in the habit of going to its search page as chatbots from startups such as OpenAI and Anthropic become more popular.—
Bloomberg,
Mercury News,
29 Apr. 2026
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An agent is seen grabbing Vance by his jacket and hustling him off stage.—
Bill Hutchinson,
ABC News,
28 Apr. 2026
Noun
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But, Keoghan said, the masses primarily only saw the first video, which fueled the widespread cheating rumors about him.—
Rachel Raposas,
PEOPLE,
28 Apr. 2026
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But even for in-person classes, adaptations to prevent LLM cheating are often concessions that reduce pedagogical quality.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
13 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Finally, the professional will install hangers to reinforce your gutters before screwing the mesh guard on top.—
Faith Wakefield,
USA Today,
4 May 2026
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Remove the shower head by screwing it off counterclockwise.—
Hallie Milstein,
Southern Living,
20 Apr. 2026
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“Chiseling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chiseling. Accessed 9 May. 2026.
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