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Recent Examples of stave The lone artisan in his shop shaving out a single bow at a time from a stave of wood was a thing of the past. —
Clare Conley, Outdoor Life, 18 Sep. 2025 The finds included ceramic pieces, glass bottles and clay tobacco pipes, plus a cooper's adze, barrel heads and staves. —Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 1 Sep. 2025 Their name comes from the screws once used to fasten metal bands to barrel staves, also called lags. —Washington Post, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Aug. 2025 Meanwhile, intricate stave churches—carved with dragons and saints—rise like solemn guardians of tradition amid pine forests and mountain mist. —Lewis Nunn, Forbes.com, 14 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for stave
Clare Conley, Outdoor Life, 18 Sep. 2025 The finds included ceramic pieces, glass bottles and clay tobacco pipes, plus a cooper's adze, barrel heads and staves. —Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 1 Sep. 2025 Their name comes from the screws once used to fasten metal bands to barrel staves, also called lags. —Washington Post, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Aug. 2025 Meanwhile, intricate stave churches—carved with dragons and saints—rise like solemn guardians of tradition amid pine forests and mountain mist. —Lewis Nunn, Forbes.com, 14 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for stave
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The cost of the six-story hotel with its Spanish Colonial Revival architecture came in at nearly $1 million, or more than $18 million in today’s money, and featured marble floors, private baths, steel beams, and an electric elevator.— Susan B. Barnes, Southern Living, 10 Apr. 2026
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Puryear has created an outdoor sculpture to honor the late civil rights activist and congressman John Lewis via Bending the Arc, a 34-foot-long beam that Puryear hand-carved in wood and then was 3D-scanned and fabricated in stainless steel.— Maximilíano Durón, ARTnews.com, 10 Apr. 2026
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They were also pruned sparingly, if at all, since pruning shortens the life of a birch.— Joshua Siskin, Oc Register, 16 Apr. 2026
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Tuck this birch table against a wall in a small kitchen or open it up when guests arrive.— Yelena Moroz Alpert, Architectural Digest, 16 Apr. 2026
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Alcaraz, who was sporting a brace on his wrist, opened up about his brilliant 2025 season, as well as his fitness hopes heading into the French Open next month, after being named Sportsman of the Year.— Amanda Davies, CNN Money, 21 Apr. 2026
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Scott has been working his way back from a hybrid Tommy John and internal brace operation in 2024.— Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 21 Apr. 2026
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Each cocktail is purposefully crafted, bridging flavors as with a slow-sipper featuring a split whiskey base sees bitter orange, curry leaf, and a bath of hickory smoke paired with the kitchen’s tender rogan josh shank, snappy papadum, and other hits.— Chris Malloy, Bon Appetit Magazine, 14 Apr. 2026
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Google chose the hickory-proto open source Rust DNS library, which is not particularly optimized but has broad adoption and support.— Nate Anderson, ArsTechnica, 13 Apr. 2026
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Prioritize a deck or any other structural wood over something like a split-rail fence.— Miri Talabac, Baltimore Sun, 21 Apr. 2026
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In the woods outside Carmel, New York, a hunter finds the bones of a twelve-year-old girl, and the unraveling begins.— Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 21 Apr. 2026
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The designer suggests pairing polished marble with woven rattan, reclaimed wood with antique brass, and natural stone with glass.— Patricia Shannon, Better Homes & Gardens, 14 Feb. 2026
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The modern plantation-style decor—lots of warm earthy colors and a touch of rattan—suitably echo the languid tropical surrounds.— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 30 Dec. 2025
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Carbios said the shift was driven in part by a non-cash impairment of 15 million euros (about $17 million) tied to its stake in Carbiolice.— Alexandra Harrell, Footwear News, 17 Apr. 2026
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Seidler took over as club chairman in November 2020 and completed buying out Fowler’s stake in the team the next year.— Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Apr. 2026
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Each collar has a mortality switch that sends out a signal if an animal has not moved for six hours.— Bill Kearney, Sun Sentinel, 19 Apr. 2026
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View gallery - 6 images With a simple switch of a magazine, the Drone Round is claimed to turn a standard NATO caliber small arm into a drone-killing weapon that combines the scattershot of a shotgun with the speed, power and rapid fire of an infantry assault rifle.— David Szondy April 19, New Atlas, 19 Apr. 2026
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“Stave.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.grautoblog.com/thesaurus/stave. Accessed 23 Apr. 2026.
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