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graven

verb

variants or graved

past participle 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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Her spot at the support group, which now lights a blue candle with her name etched onto it before every meeting.

— Jo Yurcaba, NBC news, 18 July 2026
As for the nil-nil draw between Curaçao and Ecuador, three days later, no doubt every sweating tackle will be etched into the consciousness of the seventy thousand spectators who packed into Kansas City Stadium.

— Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 17 July 2026

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What's more, that hostility that led lawmakers in Indianapolis to kill state funding for public broadcasting no longer seems carved in stone.

— David Folkenflik, NPR, 26 July 2026
For many the agency has lost its way (unless your public comments serve to restrict gopher tortoises, or applaud bear hunts or cheer for a high-speed roadway carved through conservation lands).

— Letters to the Editor, The Orlando Sentinel, 26 July 2026

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At the end of the ceremony, Walter presented Trump with a World Series ring engraved with the president’s name.

— Adam Kilgore, New York Times, 24 July 2026
It is also engraved with that all-important serial number, which marks the moment when the dual-balance timepiece first became commercially available.

— Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 21 July 2026

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But, outside of clothing items and a set of denture plates inscribed with a partially illegible set of numbers, there was too little evidence recovered from the scene to generate leads in the case.

— Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 29 July 2026
Sites in South Sudan, Lebanon, and the State of Palestine made the list, along with properties in Ukraine, Suriname, and, again, Lebanon, that were already inscribed on the World Heritage List and are now on the List of World Heritage in Danger.

— Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 28 July 2026

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