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insculped

verb

past tense of insculp, archaic

as in etched

to cut (as letters or designs) on a hard surface laid to rest under a stone insculpt with the figure of an angel

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But images of France's hottest summer remain etched in memories — and in the artwork of illustrator Marina Antonova.

— ABC News, ABC News, 15 Sep. 2026
Surely the horror of what happened in New York on September 11th will remain etched upon the soul of everyone who passed through it.

— Kurt Loder, Rolling Stone, 11 Sep. 2026

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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
In the Middle East, where gods were born, where narratives were sacred and the books in which they were inscribed considered sacramental, the ancient narratives are glorified again.

— Robert Stone, Rolling Stone, 11 Sep. 2026

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First stop, of course, was the Governors Gala, where the Emmy winners had their new trophies personally engraved.

— KiMi Robinson, USA Today, 15 Sep. 2026
No trace of him was ever found beyond a work tool engraved with his initials, his widow, Rose Ellen Dowdell, told the Daily News.

— Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 11 Sep. 2026

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