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Meanwhile, protesters were etching the chalk outlines of 12 bodies – representing those killed in a legionnaire’s outbreak in Flint – outside Snyder’s residence in Ann Arbor.

From The Guardian • May 5, 2016

Despite lingering concerns about the hidden oil from BP's massive spill, sand-sculpting artists were etching masterpieces in a weekend competition designed to boost tourism and erase the images of oil-stained beaches.

From New York Times • Sep. 27, 2010

For miles around, smaller drops of the three-mile-diameter sun had spattered and were etching deeper holes in the pitted landscape.

From The Sky Is Falling by Del Rey, Lester