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notched

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past tense of notch

as in indented

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The crowd-pleaser — distributed by Universal internationally and Lionsgate domestically — moved and grooved back to first place on domestic and global charts as well, a remarkable feat in its fourth weekend of release.

— Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 17 May 2026
Then Scott grooved a fastball down the middle to Dansby Swanson, who hit it over the left-field wall.

— Maddie Lee, Los Angeles Times, 25 Apr. 2026

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The researchers placed the receiver beneath the wing of a stationary drone and carved air channels through the wing to improve cooling even more.

— Maryna Holovnova, New Atlas, 9 Aug. 2026
Rather than filling every square foot with washing machines, the pair intentionally carved out space for communal seating, work tables and customers who might linger long after their laundry was done.

— Tatiana Sataua, Fortune, 9 Aug. 2026

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The story of this sport is told inside that room — in so many ways, through the tales chiseled into those plaques and the portraits of the men who weaved those tales.

— Jayson Stark, New York Times, 27 July 2026
For Yard Act’s 2022 debut, The Overload, the quartet chiseled flamboyant caricatures of British life and portrayed their flawed country with an abrasive, punishing tone.

— Victoria Borlando, Pitchfork, 24 July 2026

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It is created by extremely hot plasma — highly energized, ionized gas — that's trapped and sculpted by the sun's magnetic field.

— Jamie Carter, Space.com, 9 Aug. 2026
Those beautiful cities are sculpted out of brick and stone, and connected by monumental asphalt avenues which absorb the heat, and hold onto it at night.

— Scott Simon, NPR, 8 Aug. 2026

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