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graven

verb

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past participle of grave

as in etched

to cut (as letters or designs) on a hard surface the doomed climber graved his initials into the rock face

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All of the graves likely have stone markers at both the heads and feet, although they are not likely carved with names, Greene said.

Travis Loller, Los Angeles Times, 11 Dec. 2024
Earlier this year, researchers at the site discovered a bead carved from the bone of a hare—the oldest bead ever found in the Americas.

Julia Binswanger, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 Dec. 2024

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