chisel (in)

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for chisel (in)
Verb
  • Police responded to the home shortly before 5 p.m. when Fahey called 911 and reported that the two men trespassed on his property.
    Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 18 July 2025
  • Backstreet Boys singer Brian Littrell filed court documents accusing a Florida sheriff's office of failing to remove beachgoers who trespass on his oceanfront property and is asking a judge to intervene.
    Minyvonne Burke, NBC news, 17 July 2025
Verb
  • Russia has suffered about a million casualties in its attempt to invade.
    Dexter Filkins, New Yorker, 14 July 2025
  • The men’s national team has been invaded by foreigners.
    Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 14 July 2025
Verb
  • In fact, city officials argue that homeowners who have built fences or garden beds close to the trail in the last three decades have encroached on the city's easement.
    Jordan Smith, IndyStar, 3 July 2025
  • But after the acquisition, the company decided that damage to the property from a previous fire and vandals, along with issues around the building encroaching on property lines with the city, made reopening unviable.
    Matthew Odam, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025
Verb
  • Faculty at Indiana's universities worry that the shuttering of degree programs due to a new state law infringes on academic freedom and will erode higher education outcomes in the state.
    Brittany Carloni, IndyStar, 11 July 2025
  • Apple, Microsoft, and other competitors had targeted Google and its phone making partners with claims that the operating system infringed on their intellectual property.
    Verne Kopytoff, Fortune, 5 July 2025
Verb
  • Ideally, complications are minimized by using conscious sedation for the shortest time period possible and ensuring a qualified healthcare provider, trained in recognizing complications and able to intervene rapidly, oversees the conscious sedation.
    Pamela Assid, Verywell Health, 21 July 2025
  • Faith leaders ‘can move the needle’ One advocacy group, Americans United for Separation of Church and State, took steps last week to reverse the decision in the lawsuit by filing a motion to intervene.
    Lauren Costantino Updated July 20, Miami Herald, 20 July 2025
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“Chisel (in).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chisel%20%28in%29. Accessed 30 Jul. 2025.

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