as in to develop
to produce or bring about especially by long or repeated effort
finally carved out a niche for the sport in the school's athletic program
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Many older people with influenza and other viruses can develop pneumonia if they aren’t treated properly with rest and antiviral medications.—
Alice Park,
TIME,
24 Feb. 2025 -
This still requires you to have enough time to develop them.—
George Bradt,
Forbes,
24 Feb. 2025
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President Trump and Elon Musk have forged ahead with an aggressive plan to downsize the federal government, with Musk using his Department of Government Efficiency to reduce personnel, cancel contracts and halt aid to organizations.—
Miami Herald Staff,
Miami Herald,
7 Mar. 2025
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But should the White House recoil from the Five Eyes, the remaining members could forge ahead with beefing up bilateral agreements on intelligence sharing between individual countries.—
Tommy Tuberville,
Newsweek,
7 Mar. 2025
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But the accord between labor and management goes awry when Mao creates a mosque in the yard.—
Zac Ntim,
Deadline,
4 Mar. 2025
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Meanwhile, a blizzard warning is in effect in Kansas, Nebraska, Missouri, Iowa and Minnesota, where a combination of snow and gusty winds could create dangerous whiteout conditions on roads Tuesday night into Wednesday.—
Emily Shapiro,
ABC News,
4 Mar. 2025
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Then Zelensky met Trump on Friday as their two countries tried to hammer out an agreement that would give Washington access to Kyiv’s mineral resources in exchange for investment and what Ukraine hopes would be concrete security guarantees.—
Helen Regan,
CNN,
3 Mar. 2025
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The latest on Stafford is that the quarterback and his agent are scheduled to meet with the Rams this week in Indianapolis to try to hammer out a contract extension, Colin Cowherd reported on The Volume.—
Pat Leonard,
New York Daily News,
24 Feb. 2025
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“Carve (out).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/carve%20%28out%29. Accessed 10 Mar. 2025.
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