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graved

verb

past tense of grave

as in etched

to cut (as letters or designs) on a hard surface the doomed climber graved his initials into the rock face

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One by one, two by two, hikers climb through dappled shade and emerge onto a narrow path etched into the side of Empire Bluff, hundreds of feet above Lake Michigan.

— Mike Norton, Midwest Living, 26 Sep. 2026
Ten thousand rocks, etched with nearly 90,000 carvings dating as far back as the Bronze Age, make Saimaluu Tash one of the largest and most remote high-altitude petroglyph sites in the world.

— Maureen O'Hare, CNN Money, 26 Sep. 2026

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Speaking vulnerably, Sandy tells us about her journey, and she is moved when Aesha gives her a necklace with a pendant engraved with the number 36 and an anchor.

— Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 29 Sep. 2026
One side was engraved with letters, but the inscription was hard to read, the markings were faded, almost as if they’d been scraped off.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 28 Sep. 2026

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Additional discoveries include scarabs inscribed with the names of kings and deities, together with amulets for protection, fertility, and strength, reflecting the political and religious structures of the time.

— Anne Doran, ARTnews.com, 18 Sep. 2026
Trump posted on Truth Social earlier in the week that the renovation will not take place unless courts lift a judge’s order that has prohibited his name from being inscribed on the facade of the complex.

— Ted Johnson, Deadline, 17 Sep. 2026

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