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The Lakers, Clippers and Golden State have joined the Heat in intentionally carving out enough cap space to sign a max free agent in 2027.—
Barry Jackson,
Miami Herald,
29 Apr. 2026 -
Casemiro improves the players around him while still carving out time to throw opponents off-balance.—
Carl Anka,
New York Times,
28 Apr. 2026
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Using sculpting gel, nail artists are creating 3D blooms—go-to shades include baby pink, plum, and vermillion—that rise off the nail, with petals so defined they almost look freshly plucked.—
Annie Blay-Tettey,
Allure,
27 Apr. 2026
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Really, the entrance to that hell is a shot of a vending machine full of only red Gatorade, and the sculpting work that the sound team did to blend the grating atmospheric noise of the ER, Finneas’s tense score, and the key sound effects that connect us to Ashley’s fear and pain.—
Sarah Shachat,
IndieWire,
24 Apr. 2026
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The religious men took up residence among the locals—people who spent their days tending cows and sheep, churning butter, weeding onions and turnips, scouring the forests for mushrooms, and chiseling sculptures from the local limestone.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
1 May 2026
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Moyes knows this squad well, both its strengths and weaknesses, and has become adept at chiselling out points on his travels.—
Roshane Thomas,
New York Times,
21 Apr. 2026
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After the fall 2026 menswear shows came to a close back in January, Vogue’s Laird Borrelli-Persson reported that men’s clothes were hewing closer and closer to womenswear.—
Christian Allaire,
Vogue,
25 Mar. 2026
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Season 1 includes 10 episodes, each hewing close to 30 minutes.—
Kelly Lawler,
USA Today,
11 Sep. 2025
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The 76ers got small cushions, with the Celtics cutting it to a point three additional times.—
Kyle Hightower,
Chicago Tribune,
3 May 2026
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School systems typically cope with declining enrollment by closing schools and cutting staff, among other options.—
Andrew J. Campa,
Los Angeles Times,
2 May 2026
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“Knapping.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/knapping. Accessed 3 May. 2026.
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