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How to use the word carve in a Sentence?

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This is happening in the context of Russia trying to carve its own sphere of influence in Africa.

Mvemba Phezo Dizolele

Found on CNN
11 months ago

This is for him now. It’s for him to carve out his own space, be his own kind of leader. Actually, there is no advice I can really impart. I can share information, I can share experiences, but this is now for him, you won’t find me commenting on domestic politics, I’ve had my time.

Jacinda Ardern

Found on CNN
1 year ago

While we are one step closer to ensuring the carve out process is secured, I'm not taking anything for granted. If we want to ensure that anyone can be President, the carve out process and the Iowa Caucuses must be protected.

Jeff Kaufmann

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

The reason I say it's a heavy lift is once United States change a rule or United States have a carve out -- I've always said this -- anytime there's a carve out, United States eat the whole turkey. There's nothing left because it comes back and forth.

Joe Manchin

Found on CNN
2 years ago

Citi will have to tailor its policy to state legislation, and in many cases, cities and municipalities will have different regulations as well, that may require even further carve-outs.

Chase Hattaway

Found on CNN
2 years ago

Anytime there's a carve out, you eat the whole turkey.

Joe Manchin

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

I’m not too sure if they are actually called sponge crabs, but we have always called them that, they seem to carve out a piece of sponge which is loose fitting on their backs. We only usually get one every year or two, but this summer we have had five already. I don't know if the increase is down to global warming, but I am now trying to find out how far they have spread.

Ian Jepson

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

With Focus, you can carve out time in your day for work and personal life.

Craig Federighi

Found on CNN
2 years ago

We talked about it, we wanted the young guys to get some burn, i was bummed a little bit. I was talking to (Carmelo Anthony) about these moments and relishing them later in the season when I was younger. When I was a second or third-year player, using these moments to carve out a role. I was disappointed we couldn’t get the young guys some more minutes.

Norman Powell

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

It’s inaccurate and wrong and in my view betrays a misunderstanding of 19th-century sodomy law and also shows they didn’t read the book clearly, i stand by my work. I cited everything I cited correctly, based on the proceedings of the Old Bailey. There was no carve out (under the then sodomy laws) for consenting gay sex as we would call it today. It was a crime.

Naomi Wolf

Found on Reuters
3 years ago

We don't actually have a race. We go head-to-head. It's 16 drivers with a bracket league and knock-out rounds to a finale head-to-head, we had to carve out or own format and identity because it's quite messy already, so many series.

Rupert Svendsen-Cook

Found on Reuters
3 years ago

The discussion is happening, sellers want to carve out the impact of coronavirus, and buyers are pushing back on that.

David Gibbons

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

The politicians have always been in conflict on how to carve up the cake. This obstructs any reforms and reveals them as a bunch of liars to international opinion, the wide scope of these protests is evidence of the buildup of the crisis and that it is rubbing salt in the citizens' wounds.

Mahmoud Faqih

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

Most of the violence has been in this region, the north and the northeast region, and it's a place where these gangs are actively fighting each other to achieve some kind of local hegemony or at least carve out space, it doesn't mean these gangs don't exist in the rest of Brazil -- they do, and there's violence in other parts of Brazil too related to these gangs. But it seems like where the fighting is very intense right now is in this north-northeast region.

Benjamin Lessing

Found on CNN
4 years ago

Before the creation of the welfare state, immigrants who came to this country were for the most part attracted by America’s reputation as a land of freedom and opportunity. Laws and customs that then prevailed required immigrants to carve out their individual destinies by their own labor, perseverance, intelligence, and determination.

James Thornton

added by Normando
4 years ago

The U.S. has realized that they cannot leave the Russians and Chinese to carve up the Arctic as they see fit.

Niklas Granholm

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

The convenience ... we understand why they want that, but we could not find any way to carve that out without opening up opportunities nobody would want to see.

Richard Allan

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

I'm not sure if they'll be able to carve out a position in the market.

Tu Le

Found on CNN
5 years ago

The employee enters into this conversation with a curious, teaming objective and may have formulated some ideas about what aspects of their job they would like to carve out and assign to a peer, if it is presented as an opportunity for the employee to devote more of their time and energy into the aspect of their job that they excel at, it becomes a win/win scenario for their boss.

Katy Hansell

Found on CNN
5 years ago

There are no winners today obviously, this presents a great issue for parents in the state of Texas. They don't know how to proceed when they have a child put in this condition as Payton Summons has been put in. So I believe our fight is going to continue on in order to carve out some real narrow language in the law to provide courts, lawyers and parents guidance because that's what they need in times like this.

Justin Moore

Found on CNN
5 years ago

I followed my older brother to the golf course when we were 10 years old, he’s five years older than I am, and he did n’t really want his younger brother hanging out with him, so I managed to carve my path in golf.

Garrett Rank

Found on FOX News
5 years ago

Considering all that competes for your time and attention, if you don’t actively take steps to simplify your life and carve out what I call “breathing space,” you will most certainly find yourself in a perpetual state of overwhelm.

Jeff Davidson

added by anonymous
5 years ago

We don't know what's going to happen with us in the future. We don't know if we're going to keep getting some aid some help – it's scary for us. Help from U.S. mainland power companies has been coming in waves for months. But Monica Viego-Rodriguez still hasn't seen a light come on anywhere in Monica Viego-Rodriguez neighborhood since the hurricanes hit last fall. Monica Viego-Rodriguez can only buy perishable foods for Monica Viego-Rodriguez family that they can eat the same day.There is nowhere to store food other than a cooler that she keeps filled with ice on her balcony. More than 470,000 homes were damaged or destroyed, causing an estimated $ 140 billion in damages. As Puerto Rico experiences the longest and most devastating blackout in American history, 1,000 utility trucks and 1,500 workers from 22 electric companies from all over the U.S. are arriving on the island this week to help the existing crews on the job restore power. As crews carve their way through the catastrophic damage, their progress is slow. But they met a major milestone this month when 1 million customers had their power restored, and utility crews say they won't stop until everyone is back on line. Help from U.S. mainland power companies has been coming in waves for months. But some Puerto Rico residents say they still haven't seen a light come on anywhere in their neighborhood since the hurricanes hit last fall. ( REUTERS) There is no set timeframe, we're just here for the long haul, the mission is to restore power and that's what we're focusing on. Wednesday night, the Puerto Rico governor said the island will receive approximately $ 35 billion in federal aid. But he added that Puerto Rico is facing massive debt and won't be able to repay the money until 2022. Power crews say they have to prioritize – hospitals, police and fire stations, come first.Then communication facilities, water treatment plants, transportation providers and shelters.From there, utility crews repair infrastructure serving smaller groups and neighborhoods. People like Sol Vazquez, a law student who has been working the best she can with limited resources, also Skyped with Fox News this week. She said she has been seeing a mixed response from her friends and fellow students. I think everyone wants to get their electricity back, I don't think, at this point, they care who does it or how they do it.

Lance Becca

Found on FOX News
6 years ago

I haven't even seen a truck nearby. Polls are still down lines are down, I really have no idea. And it's been slowly coming back around the metro area, but I feel like my area has been forgotten. She said she does n’t know what the future will bring. Right now, we're scared about Puerto Rico's future. This is really, really serious for us, we don't know what's going to happen with us in the future. We don't know if we're going to keep getting some aid some help – it's scary for us. Help from U.S. mainland power companies has been coming in waves for months. But Monica Viego-Rodriguez still hasn't seen a light come on anywhere in Monica Viego-Rodriguez neighborhood since the hurricanes hit last fall. Monica Viego-Rodriguez can only buy perishable foods for Monica Viego-Rodriguez family that they can eat the same day.There is nowhere to store food other than a cooler that she keeps filled with ice on her balcony. More than 470,000 homes were damaged or destroyed, causing an estimated $ 140 billion in damages. As Puerto Rico experiences the longest and most devastating blackout in American history, 1,000 utility trucks and 1,500 workers from 22 electric companies from all over the U.S. are arriving on the island this week to help the existing crews on the job restore power. As crews carve their way through the catastrophic damage, their progress is slow. But they met a major milestone this month when 1 million customers had their power restored, and utility crews say they won't stop until everyone is back on line. Help from U.S. mainland power companies has been coming in waves for months. But some Puerto Rico residents say they still haven't seen a light come on anywhere in their neighborhood since the hurricanes hit last fall. ( REUTERS) There is no set timeframe, we're just here for the long haul.

Monica Viego-Rodriguez

Found on FOX News
6 years ago

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