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Anika Reed Naomi Osaka gave a wink to the body with her look, a sultry and sparkling red dress with anatomical features carved out in crystals.—
Anika Reed,
USA Today,
5 May 2026 -
Most of these caves were carved out during the medieval era.—
Maria Mocerino,
Interesting Engineering,
3 May 2026
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The hood looks chiseled, and the whole silhouette gives a very boxy feel.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
23 Apr. 2026
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The show brims with stories that once chiseled their way out of one determined Black, Indigenous woman’s heart and hands.—
Tyehimba Jess,
ARTnews.com,
17 Apr. 2026
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Designed by the label’s then creative director, Olivier Rousteing, the unorthodox gown was sculpted based on a cast of Tyla’s body, then created out of three different colors of sand mixed with micro-crystal studs, providing extra sparkle down to the tip of her mermaid train.—
Savannah Walsh,
Vanity Fair,
1 May 2026
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And Foundry, the album, feels equally elemental, elegantly sculpted from human voice, strings, and synths.—
Andrew Ryce,
Pitchfork,
30 Apr. 2026
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His tenure lasted until 1962, during which time he was joined by the notable poet and critic Edwin Denby, whose work hewed rather firmly to criticism.—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
22 Apr. 2026
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Like many cities in the report, Dallas also actually saw a year-over-year effective salary bump, likely because of slightly lower effective tax rates and living costs that have hewed closer to the national average.—
Trevor Bach,
Dallas Morning News,
5 Mar. 2026
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At the same time, Bass has proposed cutting entirely the Animal Services Department’s annual budget for food, which was $200,000 last year, and also slashing the medical supplies budget to $49,000, from $388,000 last year.—
Sandra McDonald,
Los Angeles Times,
1 May 2026
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But now that the post-pandemic boom has well and truly gone bust, just showing up with a great looking timepiece isn’t going to cut it.—
Lily Templeton,
Footwear News,
1 May 2026
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“Knapped.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/knapped. Accessed 7 May. 2026.
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