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Recent Examples of sandblast
No record could be found documenting the method used to remove them, but historical letters and news clippings referred to techniques that would have resulted in destruction, including dousing them with lye, chipping them off the wall and sandblasting them.
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Jessica Gelt, Los Angeles Times, 25 Mar. 2025
The blue words were sandblasted by a headstone business, which then spray painted the letters.
—Kevin Lynn, Newsweek, 8 Jan. 2025
After that, these sheets are primed and sandblasted to get rid of dust and other impurities.
—Cmg Containers, Sun Sentinel, 1 May 2024
The public is invited to further try their hand at glass cutting, glass fusing, glass engraving, and sandblasting via instructional courses offered throughout the year, some as long as a week.
—Chadd Scott, Forbes, 16 Oct. 2024
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Jessica Gelt, Los Angeles Times, 25 Mar. 2025
The blue words were sandblasted by a headstone business, which then spray painted the letters.
—Kevin Lynn, Newsweek, 8 Jan. 2025
After that, these sheets are primed and sandblasted to get rid of dust and other impurities.
—Cmg Containers, Sun Sentinel, 1 May 2024
The public is invited to further try their hand at glass cutting, glass fusing, glass engraving, and sandblasting via instructional courses offered throughout the year, some as long as a week.
—Chadd Scott, Forbes, 16 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sandblast
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The small, sharp stone fragments used as tools were likely fashioned from larger pebbles in nearby riverbeds, and they were probably used for cutting or scraping, Brumm said.—
Ashley Strickland,
CNN Money,
7 Aug. 2025
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Additionally, 132 remains also had exhibited cut marks including slicing, scraping, and chopping.—
Laura Baisas,
Popular Science,
7 Aug. 2025
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The Jackson County Legislature set an August 26 election date on July 18 based on directives about recall election timing in the Jackson County charter, shortly after the election boards filed one of two conflicting lawsuits.—
Ilana Arougheti,
Kansas City Star,
12 Aug. 2025
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Ashley Biden, the daughter of former President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden, filed for divorce from her husband Dr. Howard Krein on Monday, Aug. 11, according to court records.—
Mary Walrath-Holdridge,
USA Today,
12 Aug. 2025
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As the Trump administration pushes a mass deportation campaign, local law enforcement and federal immigration agents are scouring the state for anyone who may have violated immigration law.—
Syra Ortiz-Blanes,
Miami Herald,
9 Aug. 2025
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Meanwhile, authorities were scouring a wooded area near a private university in Jackson, Tennessee, on Monday afternoon as part of the investigation into the suspect in the killings, 28-year-old Austin Robert Drummond, a law enforcement source familiar said.—
Josh Campbell,
CNN Money,
4 Aug. 2025
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The 22-year-old likened his hair change to Natalie Portman's major makeover in V for Vendetta, the film that required the actress to shave her head in real time.—
Michelle Lee,
People.com,
5 Aug. 2025
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The predictions do not always come to pass, as July 22 had been predicted to be over a millisecond short, but the data revealed that only 0.87 milliseconds were shaved off, according to the Observatory's data.—
James Powel,
USA Today,
5 Aug. 2025
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As early as 1891, a Norwegian geologist reported deposits of a similar age along the shores of a fjord in northeastern Norway that had striations—those long grooves that form when glacial ice sandpapers the ground beneath it.—
Laura Poppick
July 22,
Literary Hub,
22 July 2025
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But that was back when the team drafted well enough and the greatest quarterback of all time was able to sandpaper over their misses.—
Chad Graff,
The Athletic,
11 Mar. 2025
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Horses graze on nearby land as the smell of manure hangs in the air.—
Kamal Morgan,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
4 Aug. 2025
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Cranbury, New Jersey — Just steps off a busy road, tucked at the end of a gravel driveway within eyeshot of the New Jersey turnpike, a small herd of cows and goats grazes freely in a grassy, open field.—
Meena Duerson,
CNN Money,
24 July 2025
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Gastineau and Favre were surrounded by multiple onlookers and Gastineau wore a microphone provided by the film crew.—
Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
15 Aug. 2025
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The Klan was more than happy to wear white after Labor Day too.—
Jody Mamone,
Hartford Courant,
15 Aug. 2025
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Get rid of stains Denatured alcohol works on ink, makeup, shoe scuffs, coffee and other tough-to-remove stains.—
Josh Max,
Forbes.com,
28 July 2025
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The original Birkin, scuffs and all, just sold for $10M. Ready for the return of 'Superman'? Writer/director James Gunn's new superhero adventure arrives in theaters on Friday with David Corenswet starring as the latest movie Man of Steel.—
Jane Onyanga-Omara,
USA Today,
12 July 2025
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“Sandblast.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sandblast. Accessed 19 Aug. 2025.
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