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knapped

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past tense of knap

as in carved

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Taking care of their own Across Hill Country, the floodwaters carved different paths of destruction.

— Alaa Elassar, CNN Money, 20 July 2026
The boutique advisory firms that emerged in their wake — Evercore, Lazard, Centerview, PJT — carved out strong advisory franchises but deliberately shed their balance sheets; their pitch to clients is independence, not capital.

— Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 18 July 2026

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Every nation has an origin story, a set of values and principles chiseled into our souls and onto our public spaces.

— Tara Sonenshine, Baltimore Sun, 11 July 2026
But that is much more difficult in practice, because attitudes and subjective norms are chiseled by years of individual experiences, information and cultural influences.

— Matt Parrott, Arkansas Online, 21 June 2026

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Over thousands of years, Martian winds have sculpted this volcanic sand into dunes that now ripple through the floor of Kaiser Crater, a 129-mile-wide (207-kilometer-wide) impact basin in the planet's southern highlands.

— Sharmila Kuthunur, Space.com, 17 July 2026
Kuechly’s face will become the 53rd one that Hammond has sculpted for the hall of fame.

— Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 14 July 2026

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In most times and places, authorities have hewed more to slaveholders’ conception of free speech as a limited privilege than to abolitionists’ assertion of an absolute right.

— Paul Quigley, The Conversation, 13 July 2026
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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Germany’s biggest automaker is planning a massive restructuring and cost-cutting program in response to intensifying competition from Chinese electric vehicle makers and higher tariffs on its exports to the United States.

— Hanna Ziady, CNN Money, 24 July 2026
The formidable shadow pool, cut by black liquid liner, was juxtaposed with light brown brows and bubblegum blush on the apples of her cheeks.

— Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 24 July 2026

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